UNMIL Peacekeepers Prepare for Troop Withdrawal

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is withdrawing its military presence from the country on 8 February, as part of the termination of its mandate scheduled for 30 March, 2018. UNMIL was established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia, following the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War.
Farid Zarif (left), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, presents the UN flag to Simon Blatchly (right), UNMIL Police Commissioner from the United Kingdom, and Major-General Salihu Zaway Uba (centre), UNMIL Force Commander from Nigeria, during a ceremony to honour and bid farewell to police and military personnel who served with the Mission.