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Navy Captain ATONFACK GUEMO, Head of Communication Division - MINDEF

Navy Captain ATONFACK GUEMO, Head of Communication Division - MINDEF

HONOR AND LOYALTY : CAMEROON, AN ACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Power to respect international agreements and treaties. This is the second part of the missions assigned to the Cameroonian Defence Forces. An imperative and predominantly humanitarian duty that our contingents of soldiers from the gendarmerie and the armed forces achieve, with rare conviction and equal abnegation, since their very first deployment in a peacekeeping operation under the banner of the United Nations, a body ridge in the matter. It was in Cambodia 30 years ago.

Three decades of working to protect civilians, reconcile positions and reconcile opposing parties, for a return to peace in countries where this commodity is sorely lacking. In addition, the list of these countries in distress of peace to grow longer every day plunged, as they are by other entities in endless so-called low-intensity conflictual ties, but conflictual ties with interactions so inextricable that their resolution even repels to the most determined of goodwill.

Three decades of renewed confidence in the Security Council, the UN arena where the geostrategic perspectives conveyed by the key actors on the world stage is been antagonised. For Cameroon, which is not one of the powers forming this selective and singularly restrictive circle, being accepted uninterruptedly in missions with great political and diplomatic impact as peacekeeping, is in itself an accomplishment.

Except that, the latter is neither the result of chance nor any favour on the part of anyone, but the result of the commitment, activism and good faith of our political leaders. This dynamic is advantageously complemented by the material capacities and operational skills of our contingents.