Vietnam hosts 10th UN training course on peacekeeping operations

A UN training course on making national plans for high-ranking officers was opened on the morning of April 1 at the Vietnam Department for Peacekeeping Operations, Hanoi.

The training course, which lasts till April 12, is conducted by 11 experts from the UN Integrated Training Service. Thirty high-ranking military and police officers, including those of general ranks, from 23 UN member countries have been enrolled in the course.

Vietnam has also sent five officers, three military officers and two police ones, to the course.

At the course. Photo: VNA

During the course, the instructors who are high-profile experts in supervising and managing plans for the participation in UN peacekeeping operations of countries will explain trainees about UN guidelines on selection, training, deployment, support, force replacement and withdrawal of military or police units, assigned to UN peacekeeping operations. This course is expected to contribute to building capacity of military and police units of countries for the management and efficiency of UN peacekeeping operations.