Bangladesh News Maj Gen Fakhrul appointed force commander of UN mission in Western Sahara

[Isa Khan]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Major General Md Fakhrul Ahsan of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

He succeeds Maj Gen Zia Ur Rehman from Pakistan, who completed his assignment at the end of March 2022, according to a statement of the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.

The Secretary-General is grateful to Maj Gen Zia Ur Rehman for his exemplary service and leadership of MINURSO, reads the statement.

Maj Gen Fakhrul Ahsan has over 34 years of national and international military leadership experience with the Bangladeshi Army. He served as general officer commanding of the 10th Infantry Division and as area commander of Cox's Bazar area, commandant of the Bangladesh Military Academy, and brigade commander in the 16th and 69th Infantry Brigades.

He was also the director of the Military Intelligence Directorate at the Bangladesh Army Headquarters and assistant defense attaché at Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.

Maj Gen Ahsan has previously served in two peacekeeping missions, in Somalia (UNOSOM-II) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC).

Maj Gen Ahsan holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master's Degree in Development Studies and a Master's Degree in Defense Studies. He is fluent in English, French, Indonesian and Hindi.

Maj Gen Fakhrul appointed force commander of UN mission in Western Sahara

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Major General Md Fakhrul Ahsan of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). He succeeds Maj Gen Zia Ur Rehman from Pakistan, who...

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[Afif]

So, we getting another Bangladeshi UN force commander again.
Good news!

 

[Knowledgeseeker]

Its called the Moroccan sahara, the word western sahara came from the colonial power France that draw the border of the Moroccan state. Minurso is btw the body that collect the bodies, and collect evidence when Moroccan drone target every moving target in the buffer zone

 

[Afif]

Minurso is btw the body that collect the bodies, and collect evidence when Moroccan drone target every moving target in the buffer zone

Does any party involved in the conflict target peacekeepers?

 

[Knowledgeseeker]

Does any party involved in the conflict target peacekeepers?

Minurso is a blessing for the polisario because they have the chance to collect their dead militias. They will never target them, and if they did then the buffer zone would be abolished. Of course, Morocco does not target a UN body, we allowed them to be there in the first place.