France, Denmark and Indonesia offered to contribute to a joint United Nations-African Union mission for Darfur, a 26,000-strong force expected to be made up mostly of peacekeepers from Africa with backup from Asian troops.
Several countries including Italy, Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Thailand, and South Africa said they had not made a decision yet. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the country would send a small number of doctors and nurses, but no troops or security personnel, given its existing commitments in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands.
Which countries have aided or trained African peacekeepers?
The United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Japan, Norway, Germany, and Belgium have all trained African troops and carried out capacity-building exercises in Africa. U.S. programs to help African nations respond to humanitarian crises and peacekeeping missions include the African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program; the Bush administration has significantly increased ACOTA’s budget and the program is doing a very effective job training African soldiers, says Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), a nonprofit trade organization that represents military suppliers and contractors.
2007-09-20 07:29:39
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