政府、ＰＫＯ司令部派遣を増員　過去最高位の１佐

　政府は１９日、国連南スーダン派遣団（ＵＮＭＩＳＳ）司令部に派遣する自衛官を、現在の４人から６人に増員すると閣議決定した。国連平和維持活動（ＰＫＯ）の司令部派遣で過去最高位の１等陸佐らを追加する。（2024/04/19-10:59）

The Japanese government said Friday that it will send two more Self-Defense Forces personnel to the headquarters of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, in Juba.
   The additional personnel will include a colonel from the Ground SDF, the highest SDF rank ever dispatched to the headquarters of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.
   The colonel will serve as a vice chief of staff, in charge of human resources, evaluations and training.
   The decision is significant from the standpoint of training SDF personnel for international missions, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told a press conference.
   Based on the law on cooperation with U.N. peacekeeping operations, Japan has been sending SDF personnel to the headquarters of UNMISS since 2011. Currently, four SDF members are stationed there.