{"id":267982,"date":"2024-12-19T12:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ghanas-maj-gen-anita-asmah-becomes-uns-first-african-woman-force-commander\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:57:26","slug":"ghanas-maj-gen-anita-asmah-becomes-uns-first-african-woman-force-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ghanas-maj-gen-anita-asmah-becomes-uns-first-african-woman-force-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s Maj-Gen Anita Asmah becomes UN\u2019s first African woman force commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-paragraph \">\n<p>    <!-- paragraph: supported --><\/p>\n<p>\n        This historic appointment by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, makes Major-General Anita Asmah the first African woman to hold the position of Force Commander in the UN.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- heading: supported --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading-h3 replaced-h1\" id=\"nav-ring-3\">\n        UNDOF&#8217;s mandate<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-paragraph \">\n<p>    <!-- paragraph: supported --><\/p>\n<p>\n        As the Head of Mission and Force Commander, Maj-Gen Asmah will lead UNDOF&#8217;s efforts to monitor the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria, which includes observing and maintaining the buffer zones established under the Agreement on Disengagement.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-image \">\n<p>    <!-- image: supported --><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageBlock  aligment-center\">\n<div>\n<p>                <span class=\"image-holder\" data-fancybox=\"images-6e59c791-1244-4b3f-8222-d420f8689121\" data-caption=\"Maj-Gen Asmah is the first African woman to hold the position of Force Commander in the UN\"><\/p>\n<picture style=\"--noscript-src: url(https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/sBOktkpTURBXy8wMGYyOGJkOGNlNDIyYWYwMTM4N2ZjMmViNTQ2ZGQwYi5wbmeSlQMAAM0DNs0CH5UCzQMWzQIKwsM); 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I am so in love with the mission and the people. It is an opportunity to lessen their suffering<\/em>,\u201d Maj-Gen Asmah said.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- heading: supported --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading-h3 replaced-h1\" id=\"nav-ring-13\">\n        Female trailblazers in peacekeeping<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-paragraph \">\n<p>    <!-- paragraph: supported --><\/p>\n<p>\n        Major General Anita Asmah of Ghana is the latest in a line of distinguished female armed forces leaders to take the helm of a United Nations peacekeeping mission.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-paragraph \">\n<p>    <!-- paragraph: supported --><\/p>\n<p>\n        She follows in the footsteps of trailblazers like Major General Kristin Lund of Norway, who made history as the first female Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in 2014, appointed by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-paragraph \">\n<p>    <!-- paragraph: supported --><\/p>\n<p>\n        Major-General Asmah will be succeeding Lieutenant-General Nirmal Kumar Thapa of Nepal, who concludes his term in December 2024 after serving since July 2022.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This historic appointment by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, makes Major-General Anita Asmah the first African woman to hold the position of Force Commander in the UN. 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