The United Nations Mission In Liberia (UNMIL) awarded UN Peace
Medal to the Chinese Civilian Police Contingent on Friday in
Monrovia for their performance in peacekeeping in Liberia.
Souren Seraydarian, acting special representative of the UN
secretary general, accompanied by Lin Songtian, Chinese ambassador
to Liberia, and Mark Kroeker, police commissioner of the
International Police Service presented the medal to the 25 Chinese
civilian police.
The Chinese contingent in UNMIL currently consists of 25
officers, among whom, nine had served in UN missions in East
Timorand Bosnia. They are praised as professional officers and
highly disciplined and devoting to their duties.
The Chinese policemen participated comprehensively in all fields
of civilian police operations like joint-patrols, advising and
mentoring local police in depots, zones and outlying countries,
reforming and restructuring Liberia National Police and other
security agencies, training local police and internal
administration.
Starting from 1999, China has contributed more than 300 civilian
police officers to UN missions in East Timor, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Kosovo, Afghanistan, Liberia and Haiti.
(Xinhua News Agency September 25, 2004)