A batch of 78 military personnel led by Colonel Anjum Irshad Commander Pakistan Army Peace keeping contingent left here on Sunday morning by a specially chartered UN aircraft on United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). According to an ISPR press release, the departing elements would replace their comrades in arm as part of the annual relieve-rotation schedule.
Pakistan has contributed over 1,500 troops for the aforesaid mission. Bidding farewell to the troops at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Brigadier Muhammad Yousaf underscored the need to maintain internationally acclaimed traditional professional image of the blue berets of Pakistan Army.
He said that they were embarking on a noble mission and it was their moral duty to provide solace and relief to their brethren in distress on humanitarian grounds.
He emphasised that their every action should match the long history of affinity that Pakistan has shared with the brotherly Islamic country of Sudan. The Pakistan Army contingent is part of the 10,000 strong UN military component of the UNMIS contributed by over 41 countries.
The Pakistan peace-keepers and performing duties in Damazin in the south of Sudan. Its valiant troops have rendered invaluable services through intense patrolling and disengaging of armed combatants to establish secure and stable environments in the region. They have toiled with perseverance in the resettlement and rehabilitation of a large number of displaced refuges populace who were forced to flee their homes, earlier, as a result of continued factional fighting and blood letting feuds.
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) was established under the aegis of United Nations as part of UN Security Council Resolution 1590 on March 24, 2005. The mission was undertaken in response to the signing of the comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of Sudan and Sudan People's liberation Movement on January 9, 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The civil war in Darfur (Sudan) is seen as one of the worst nightmares in recent history about 1.5 million people have perished as result of more than two decades long ethnic civil strife between north and south. The national infrastructure has virtually become redundant and about two million people are reportedly displaced.
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