SIXTY-NINE Officers of the Ghana Police Service selected for peacekeeping mission in Darfur have completed a two week pre-deployment training course in Accra.
The course was designed to equip the personnel with the necessary skills and knowledge of the mission.
The course was also designed to train them on the necessary precautionary measures to take while on the field to ensure their own safety and that of their colleagues.
At the closing ceremony, the Director General in charge of Administration and Welfare, COP M. A. Alhassan, urged the personnel to put into practice the the skills and knowledge they acquired during the training programme.
He said it was important for them to respect the traditions and culture of the host country to avoid any form of confrontation with the people in the communities where they served.
"You must also uphold the human right of those you have been tasked to protect and above all ensure your personal safety," he added.
COP Alhassan commended the governments of Germany, Denmark and Norway for their support in facilitating the course, assuring them that the personnel would perform to expectation.
In an interview, DSP Benjamin Agordzo, a course facilitator and member of the Mobile Training Team (MTT), said the participants were taken through operations of the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU).
Other areas which were covered by the training were code of conduct, child protection, community policing and cultural awareness.
The participants were presented with certificates,and they are expected to leave for Darfur between July 20 and 25, 2009
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