Cambodia's Outsize Contribution to UN Peacekeeping
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Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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Who is our?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:20 am Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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"Our... " - A term often used by those of us who have adopted Cambodia as our home.RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 5:50 amWho is our?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:20 am Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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Westerners will always be outsiders and considered legally as "Aliens" Unless one has a Khmer passport then they are not "Our" but "Their" troops.SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 3:40 pm"Our... " - A term often used by those of us who have adopted Cambodia as our home.RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 5:50 amWho is our?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:20 am Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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Are you trying to police our language?RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 3:53 pmWesterners will always be outsiders and considered legally as "Aliens" Unless one has a Khmer passport then they are not "Our" but "Their" troops.SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 3:40 pm"Our... " - A term often used by those of us who have adopted Cambodia as our home.RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 5:50 amWho is our?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:20 am Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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And the relationship we have with our home?
(PS, I would think very carefully about your answer my friend)
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Are you born in Cambodia?SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 4:02 pmAre you trying to police our language?RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 3:53 pmWesterners will always be outsiders and considered legally as "Aliens" Unless one has a Khmer passport then they are not "Our" but "Their" troops.SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 3:40 pm"Our... " - A term often used by those of us who have adopted Cambodia as our home.RobertPaulson wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 5:50 amWho is our?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:20 am Going to Mali to de-mine some hell-hole full of Jihadis and warring desert tribes doesn't exactly sound like fun to me. Good luck to our troops.
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And the relationship we have with our home?
(PS, I would think very carefully about your answer my friend)
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Who are you? Less than ten posts and you're already trying to dictate how others think and speak?
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Can't you guess?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 4:36 pm Who are you? Less than ten posts and you're already trying to dictate how others think and speak?
A clue:
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I am just going to perma ignore him JB.John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 4:36 pm Who are you? Less than ten posts and you're already trying to dictate how others think and speak?
At best he is just an opinionated wanker looking for an argument.
At worst.... A spy/Jimmy Bobbie/Perthguy/Charles Sobraj ???
Now, back to our troops - It would be good to think that they do pick up at least some skills from mixing with other UN forces in a foreign environment.
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Re: Cambodia's Outsize Contribution to UN Peacekeeping
Cambodia: Giving back to UN peacekeeping
20 May 2019
It’s an overcast morning, in South Sudan’s capital Juba, and growling thunder announces the start of some light rain. Standing in the drizzle in his military police uniform, is Colonel Channy Vongvannak, the commander of the Cambodian Force Military Police at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
He is inspecting a water purification plant within the Cambodian quarters where his troops process potable water for their daily use.
“Every day in our water treatment plant, we produce about 10,000 litres of clean, drinking water,” says Colonel Vongvannak, water which is available to all staff at the mission.
It’s not the responsibility of the Cambodian contingent to process the water for UN colleagues, but it is an indication of a cooperative and collegial approach to peacekeeping, which is born of a recent historical link.
“Cambodia received peacekeeping troops in 1993, and we feel that we have to contribute in the same way as other countries did when they worked in the UN mission in our country,” remembers Colonel Vongvannak. “So, we understand that countries and people suffer during conflict - and they need help.”
UN peacekeepers from around the world were deployed to Cambodia between February 1992 and September 1993 as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) which was established to ensure implementation of a political settlement of the conflict in the south-east Asian country.
In South Sudan since 2012
Cambodia has sent seven contingents to South Sudan. The Cambodian Military Police have been deploying to UNMISS since 2012. This is Colonel Vongvannak’s fourth rotation.
The current contingent numbers 70 personnel including ten women, deployed in several locations across the eastern African country. To date, some 550 personnel including 48 women have served under the blue flag at UNMISS.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038781
20 May 2019
It’s an overcast morning, in South Sudan’s capital Juba, and growling thunder announces the start of some light rain. Standing in the drizzle in his military police uniform, is Colonel Channy Vongvannak, the commander of the Cambodian Force Military Police at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
He is inspecting a water purification plant within the Cambodian quarters where his troops process potable water for their daily use.
“Every day in our water treatment plant, we produce about 10,000 litres of clean, drinking water,” says Colonel Vongvannak, water which is available to all staff at the mission.
It’s not the responsibility of the Cambodian contingent to process the water for UN colleagues, but it is an indication of a cooperative and collegial approach to peacekeeping, which is born of a recent historical link.
“Cambodia received peacekeeping troops in 1993, and we feel that we have to contribute in the same way as other countries did when they worked in the UN mission in our country,” remembers Colonel Vongvannak. “So, we understand that countries and people suffer during conflict - and they need help.”
UN peacekeepers from around the world were deployed to Cambodia between February 1992 and September 1993 as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) which was established to ensure implementation of a political settlement of the conflict in the south-east Asian country.
In South Sudan since 2012
Cambodia has sent seven contingents to South Sudan. The Cambodian Military Police have been deploying to UNMISS since 2012. This is Colonel Vongvannak’s fourth rotation.
The current contingent numbers 70 personnel including ten women, deployed in several locations across the eastern African country. To date, some 550 personnel including 48 women have served under the blue flag at UNMISS.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038781
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