Chinese Government dispatches third police peacekeeping riot team to Liberia in 2015
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Liberia
Sector
Government and civil society (Code: 150)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On March 11, 2015, the Chinese Government dispatched China's third peacekeeping police riot team to Liberia for a one-year term as a Formed Police Unit (FPU) under the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The team consisted of 140 members drawn from the Shandong Provincial Public Security Border Defense Corps. The team arrived at Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport by chartered flight to complete the peacekeeping mission. In addition to peacekeeping missions, the team members also donated supplies for cultural and sports activities to the resident schools; participated in the commemorations of UN Peacekeeper Day and UN Day; performed tactical demonstrations, martial arts, gongs and drums, and national instrumental music performances to spread Chinese culture. The team returned on March 12, 2016.
Additional details
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) [Intergovernmental Organization]
Implementing agencies [Type]
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) [Intergovernmental Organization]
UNMIL Chinese Police (FPU) [Government Agency]