Ghanian Police Officers receive UN Medals
Channel: UNMISS VIDEOS
Date: 2020-01-20

Twenty-four of the finest police officers of #Ghana, half of them women, have today been awarded well-deserved @UN medals for their selfless service for #UNMISS and the people of #SouthSudan, in the name of peace. The perfectly gender-balanced contingent is engaged in a variety of tasks - including but not limited to patrolling, community policing, protection of civilians and capacity building of their South Sudanese colleagues – in Juba and seven UNMISS field offices across the country.
Ghana has contributed a total of 5,248 police officers, 878 of whom have been women, to UN peacekeeping missions on four continents since 1960. Eight of these men and women have, over the years, lost their lives in the line of duty. Since the establishment of UNMISS in 2011, 224 of them have served in South Sudan. #A4P