Top US diplomat Alice Wells inspired by Pakistani women serving in UN peacekeeping mission

US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells on Wednesday said she was inspired by Pakistani women serving in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo.

The US diplomat took to social media and lauded the Pakistani women for serving with "distinction" in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

Inspired by Pakistani women serving with distinction in the @UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC. The first Pakistani all-female group of 15 peacekeepers received medals last week for their work performing a range of services to the conflict-affected eastern DRC. AGW 📸credit @UN pic.twitter.com/3puYU7r4WW

— State_SCA (@State_SCA) February 11, 2020

"The first Pakistani all-female group of 15 peacekeepers received medals last week for their work performing a range of services to the conflict-affected eastern DRC."

Earlier this month, members of the first-ever Pakistani Female Engagement Team (FET), deployed with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), were awarded the UN Medal at a ceremony in Adikivu in South Kivu, one of the provinces of the central African country.

Pakistani female army officers awarded UN Medal in Democratic Republic of Congo

This team of 15 female officers, who serve at the ranks of Major and Captain, was stationed there in June last year, marked by the raising of Pakistan’s flag at the mission.

The officers include psychologists, stress counsellors, vocational training officers, gender advisors, doctors, nurses, operations officers, information officers and logistics officers, according to a message received at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The MONUSCO peacekeeping mission said in a press release that another 17 female officers will join them this month.

“This team’s extraordinary endeavours to serve the UN is worthy of praise”, said MONUSCO peacekeeping mission press release.