UN Under-Secretary-General visits Vietnam's engineering unit in Abyei (Photo:qdnd.vn) Hanoi (VNA) –UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare visitedVietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force forAbyei (UNISFA) on March 6, during which he thanked the Vietnamese peacekeepingforces in Abyei for their positive and effective contributions to UNpeacekeeping operations, bringing a better life to local communities.
According to Colonel Mac Duc Trong, head ofthe unit, the unit has so far repaired and upgraded 46km of roads, and ensured traffic on a 50-km route in the Northern Sub-division, contributing to the circulation of goods,stabilising the life and socio-economic conditions of local residents in the NorthernSub-division and the whole Abyei area. The unit has also opened four new patrolroutes through the forests with a total length of 46km.
In addition, the Vietnamese engineeringteam has also rescued more than 100 vehicles of the UN and local residents thatwere stuck due to bad road conditions.
The unit has provided regular maintenance andrepair services to the mission's field airport, ensuring its smoothoperations. It has also actively coordinated with agencies and units to carryout 50 operations to reinforce and build barracks for agencies and units under themission, said Trong.
He affirmed that the team will continue to show their best performance and strictly abide by theprinciples and regulations of the UN and the UNISFA, overcoming all difficultiesand staying ready for all tasks.
He thanked UN agencies and the UNISFA forsupporting the unit in fulfilling its duties as scheduled with utmost safety.
UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare highlighted thecooperation outcomes between the UN and Vietnam across all fields, especiallypeacekeeping, and expressed his hope to visit Vietnam to discuss with the country's Government and military leaders on issues of shared concern as well asthe promotion of bilateral partnership, especially in peacekeeping.
He said that in his prior working sessionwith the Abyei administration, all local leaders appreciated the helpand support from the Vietnamese engineering unit to the local community throughsocial welfare as well as humanitarian and charity activities. Vietnam’s assistancehas met urgent needs of local residents, especially in drainage system upgrade, school building, well drilling and library establishment.
Particularly, the unitalso called for Vietnamese donors’ support to provide Abyei with severalcomputer sets, enabling local students to access information technology andschools to show better performance in management and teaching activities, hesaid.
According to Colonel Mac Duc Trong, head ofthe unit, the unit has so far repaired and upgraded 46km of roads, and ensured traffic on a 50-km route in the Northern Sub-division, contributing to the circulation of goods,stabilising the life and socio-economic conditions of local residents in the NorthernSub-division and the whole Abyei area. The unit has also opened four new patrolroutes through the forests with a total length of 46km.
In addition, the Vietnamese engineeringteam has also rescued more than 100 vehicles of the UN and local residents thatwere stuck due to bad road conditions.
The unit has provided regular maintenance andrepair services to the mission's field airport, ensuring its smoothoperations. It has also actively coordinated with agencies and units to carryout 50 operations to reinforce and build barracks for agencies and units under themission, said Trong.
He affirmed that the team will continue to show their best performance and strictly abide by theprinciples and regulations of the UN and the UNISFA, overcoming all difficultiesand staying ready for all tasks.
He thanked UN agencies and the UNISFA forsupporting the unit in fulfilling its duties as scheduled with utmost safety.
UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare highlighted thecooperation outcomes between the UN and Vietnam across all fields, especiallypeacekeeping, and expressed his hope to visit Vietnam to discuss with the country's Government and military leaders on issues of shared concern as well asthe promotion of bilateral partnership, especially in peacekeeping.
He said that in his prior working sessionwith the Abyei administration, all local leaders appreciated the helpand support from the Vietnamese engineering unit to the local community throughsocial welfare as well as humanitarian and charity activities. Vietnam’s assistancehas met urgent needs of local residents, especially in drainage system upgrade, school building, well drilling and library establishment.
Particularly, the unitalso called for Vietnamese donors’ support to provide Abyei with severalcomputer sets, enabling local students to access information technology andschools to show better performance in management and teaching activities, hesaid.
(Photo :qdnd.vn)
The principal of Abyei High School saidthat with the support of the Vietnamese engineering team, the schoolhas facilities comparable to a university in the South Sudanese capital Juba.
UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare asked Vietnam’sengineering unit to pay greater attention to repairing bases of the mission,while asking the UNISFA to provide necessary material for the team for barrackupgrading, with priority to the construction of a “smart barrack” in Highwaybase./.
UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare asked Vietnam’sengineering unit to pay greater attention to repairing bases of the mission,while asking the UNISFA to provide necessary material for the team for barrackupgrading, with priority to the construction of a “smart barrack” in Highwaybase./.
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