Eighty Cambodian peacekeepers were sent on Friday to participate in a big scale multipurpose mission conducted by the United Nations Peacekeeping in Mali.
General Sem Sovanny, director-general of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, told reporters that the 80 Cambodian peacekeepers consist of explosive destruction team, radio operators, electric generator team, first aids, security guards, quality and project inspectors, cooks, laundry and hygienic team etc.
Besides the above force, other Cambodian peacekeeping force of 42 men and women, under the umbrella of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), will be also sent to Nepal on March 19.
Gen. Sovanny added that the US government will cover everything for the latter peacekeeping unit, including price for two ways airplane tickets , and three meals per day during the training period in Nepal.
According to the US Department of State, GPOI is funded by the US government in view to help the UN conduct peacekeeping operation around the world by training military troops and police units, and by giving logistical support.
"GPOI is funded through the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) account, which is managed by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs," wrote the US Department of State on their website.
As reported by the Cambodian government, Since 2006, Cambodia has sent more than 4,180 young men and women on U.N. peacekeeping missions in Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Syria, Lebanon, Mali and Cyprus.
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