Overview

Chinese Government dispatches third police peacekeeping riot team to Liberia in 2015

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2015

Start (actual): Mar 11, 2015

End (actual): Mar 12, 2016

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

UNMIL Chinese Police (FPU)

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

Loan description

Chinese Government dispatches third police peacekeeping riot team to Liberia in 2015

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.