Women of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) were the first deployed to the theater of operations as part of UN peacekeeping missions, said Friday in Rabat, Colonel Fadoua Bennani of the General Directorate of Social Departments of FAR in charge of peacekeeping operations.
In a statement to the press on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the public exhibition marking 60 years of “Contribution of the Kingdom of Morocco to Peacekeeping Operations and Humanitarian Action Worldwide,” Colonel Bennani recalled that FAR female personnel was engaged in Somalia from 1992 to 1994, then in Kosovo and currently in the Central African Republic and Congo.
Colonel Bennani, who was part of the Moroccan contingent deployed in Somalia, also noted that FAR female personnel is deployed in several Theaters of Operations.
FAR women are well prepared and trained and have demonstrated competence in the various missions in which they have participated, she added.
The exhibition, organized by the FAR, was inaugurated in the presence of representatives of the UN and the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Rabat as well as senior officers of the FAR General Staff.
Held from November 13 to 15 at the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco pursuant to the High Instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of FAR General Staff, the exhibition illustrates Morocco’s permanent commitment, since 1960, to serving international peace and security, and highlights the experience and expertise acquired by Moroccan peacekeepers to promote the universal values of solidarity, dignity, and humanitarian assistance, through the deployment of FAR contingents under the aegis of the United Nations in different continents.
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