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.
Inspector Second Class Zhang Ying, a female member of the Chinese Formed Police Unit (FPU) deployed with UNMIL, gives medicines to the local guard of the former UN base in Tubmanburg, destination of the last long range patrol the contingent is conducting before withdrawal.