NAMIBIAN Peacekeepers serving Darfur renders a Helping Hand

NAMPOL
E-NEWS
Edition #3 - 20/04/2017
NAMIBIAN Peacekeepers serving
Darfur renders a Helping Hand
A desire to assist the less privileged communities in Darfur came to the minds of the
Namibian Peacekeepers who are serving
the United Nations African Hybrid Mission
in Darfur (UNAMID), prompting them to
render a helping hand in the form of a wa-
Namibian Police Contingent Commander in Darfur
shake hands with UNAMID Police Commissioner
ter tank valued at N$28 000 to the Commu- its role in supporting physical protection
nities of Otash Internal Displaced Persons of civilians; facilitating humanitarian assis(IDP) camp in South Darfur.
tance; and creating a protective environment in the camps for the IDP’s.
Darfur means Homeland of the Fur of which
the Fur is the largest tribe in the Region. The responsibilities of individual police ofThe Darfur region is in West Sudan and has ficers while in the mission focus on moni“The Namibian Police Peace- toring, mentoring and building the capacity
of local government Police, as well as inikeepers, together with other tiate and supporting community-oriented
international
peacekeepers, policing in Darfur.
are implementing the UNAMID
Mandate fully and proudly lift- Through these activities, UNAMID Police
Peacekeepers serves as a bridge between
ed the Namibian Flag high.”
the local police and IDPs.
experienced decades of unrest and conflict The Namibian Police Peacekeepers, togethwhich has resulted in the death of many er with other international peacekeepers,
people and some internally displaced espe- are implementing the UNAMID Mandate
cially women and children were the most fully and proudly lifted the Namibian Flag
affected and worst hit by acts of violence. high. Among other functions, includes facilitating the provision of humanitarian asIn the late 2007 the Security Council estab- sistance to the internally displaced persons.
lished a multidimensional mission, UNAMID, the only mission led jointly by the African Union (AU) and the United Nation (UN).
UNAMID mission was established comprising of three components namely military,
police and the civilian of which the police
component plays a critical role in efforts to
implement the mission mandate through