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35 monitors ready to be deployedFriday - 15th December 2006 |
| NEW YORK, Dec 15 - The United Nations Secretariat has 35 arms monitors ready to be dispatched to Nepal as advanced deployment, according to a reliable source in the UN. According to a highly-placed source in the UN, the 35 personnel can be deployed for monitoring "within seven days" from the day the technical assessment mission, which is currently in Nepal, submits its report identifying all the logistics requirements on the ground. The source also said eight countries have sent to the UN Secretariat names of 36 military personnel to serve in Nepal. The countries are Indonesia (six personnel), Jordan (6), Malaysia (6), Norway (6), Yemen (6), Switzerland (3), Uruguay (2), and Paraguay (1). Though the number here totals 36, the remaining one personnel will be included in a full mission later. However, it's not clear if the 35 personnel will be picked from the 36 personnel the UN already has. The eight countries are among 26 countries, which were requested by the UN to contribute military personnel for its Nepal mission. The other countries are Austria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, UK, Japan, Croatia, Thailand, Egypt, Kenya, South Korea, Sweden, South Africa, Singapore and Ghana. Though 17 among the 18 remaining countries are yet to respond to the UN call, Canada has already conveyed to the UN its inability to send military officers for the Nepal mission, citing insufficiency of military personnel. Each of the 26 countries was requested to contribute six personnel. The full UN mission in Nepal will have 210 to 220 military personnel. The Security Council, on December 1, had adopted the plan of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to dispatch an advance deployment of essential personnel of up to 35 arms monitors and 25 electoral personnel to Nepal. Call to send civilians to work ‘gratis’ The UN has also invited all its member countries to contribute civilian officers to work on "gratis status" in its mission in Nepal. In this regard, Sweden has nominated 2-3 civilian officers on gratis status. Some few more countries may nominate civilian officers on gratis status, the source said, adding that there will be very few nominations among civilian officers on gratis basis by member states. Those being sent on gratis status will be paid by the respective country, not by the UN. |
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