Sudan: UN Trains First Batch of Members of Joint Police Unit in Disputed Town

26 August 2008

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have completed the first 10-day training session of members of the new joint integrated police unit in Abyei, a town at the centre of an area still contested after the end of the north-south civil war.

The new unit comprises 63 members of the Sudanese Government police and 105 members from the South Sudan police service and is tasked with restoring the rule of law and ensuring Abyei's security so that the thousands of residents who fled the town after deadly fighting in May can safely return.

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