Japanese cabinet approves participation of 2 officers in Sudan mission Saturday 4 October 2008.
October 3, 2008 (TOKYO) — Japanese government formally approved a decision to send two military officers to take part in the United Nations mission in Sudan (UNMIS) starting form this month of October. The Two officers from the Ground Self- Defense Force will work in the headquarters of the UNMIS in Khartoum where they will engage in security database management, materials procurement and transportation scheduling. After the signing in January 2005 of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending more than two decades of war in southern Sudan, the U.N. deployed 10000 peacekeepers from more than 70 countries in southern Sudan and other parts of the country. Japan had considered to send engineering peacekeepers to participate in road construction and mine-removing in southern Sudan roads. But the idea was dropped following a report prepared by an assessment mission describing the security situation in southern Sudan as unstable. Japanese Self-Defense Forces chief Adm. Takashi Saito indicated he is confident the GSDF officers will be able to fulfill their duty safely in UNMIS. "We recognize the security situation in the capital Khartoum is relatively calm," Saito, who heads the Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff Office, told a press conference. (ST) Copyright © 2003-2008 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
