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United Nations Peacekeeping
Eight United Nations police officers from Portugal, four women and four men, have recently joined the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for a one-year deployment. The new arrivals are the first Portuguese police officers to serve in the country.
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Portugal has just sent its first contingent of police officers to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Senior South Sudanese prison officers received certificates after a week-long training on human rights, sexual gender-based violence and community policing.
Last month more than 200 child soldiers were released in Pibor. SPLA has recommitted to make its army child-free.
Hundreds of colleagues and friends bid a final farewell to Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui, a Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in an ambush earlier this week.
Some 140 British peacekeepers have received UN medals for their dedicated work in South Sudan.
On Wednesday 27 June, a Rwandan Formed Police Unit consisting of 50 per cent women arrived in Juba.
