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Peacekeeping is ‘a collective responsibility’ shared by troops and governments, says UNAMID Force Commander

Peacekeeping is ‘a collective responsibility’ shared by troops and governments, says UNAMID Force Commander

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Peacekeepers and the Governments who deploy them have ‘a collective responsibility’ to tackle whatever challenges they face in the service of humanity, said a UN peacekeeping force commander.

Lieutenant General Leonard Muriuki Ngondi of Kenya, Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), shares insights from a lifetime of service to the military, and to multiple peacekeeping operations around the world.

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Peacekeepers and the Governments who deploy them have ‘a collective responsibility’ to tackle whatever challenges they face in the service of humanity, said a UN peacekeeping force commander.

Lieutenant General Leonard Muriuki Ngondi of Kenya, Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), shares insights from a lifetime of service to the military, and to multiple peacekeeping operations around the world.

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Omar Musni, UN News
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UNAMID/Mohamad Almahady