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[ Chart 5-8 ] Hanbit Unit’s Major Activities
As of November 2018
Construction of a new terminal (12 gates) at the Bor Airport; installation of amenities,
including a septic tank, sports facilities, and an oil storage; and repairs of facilities,
including the runway, internal and external access roads, parking ramps, and fences
Reconstruction
Restoration of the Bor–Pibor road (197km) and Bor–Mangalla road (125km)
Support
Road repairs, drainage renovation, and drainage and restoration equipment support for
Operations
submerged areas in the Bor region
Construction, maintenance, and repairs of infrastructure including landfill and borrow pit
Repairs of the access road (200m) in the Pibor town and a soccer field
Establishment of the Jonglei State Peace Center
Supply of medicine and other materials to Bor Hospital
Supply of educational materials to elementary schools in the Bor and Pibor regions
Renovation of the lecture hall of the continuing education center in John Garang
Civil–Military
Memorial University
Operations and
Operation of Hanbit Farm: Planted 350 pieces of mango and guava trees
Humanitarian
Operation of Hanbit Vocational School (Seven programs including farming): 556
Assistance
th
graduates, 9 class in session
Training in the ROK: 62 persons visited the ROK over 6 sessions
Medical support for local residents: 21,500 patients
UNMISS Taekwondo and Korean language classes
Repairs of internal and external roads, assistance in drainage for submerged areas
Refugee during the rainy season
Protection Repairs of a refugee camp, reinforcement of protective walls, construction of 14 new
guard posts
Construction of 12 units of UN staff lodging in the Bor base, guard posts, and shelters Chapter 5
at the Bor Airport
UN Forces
Reinforcement of the protective walls and internal roads (4.8km) of the Bor base
Facility
Reinforcement of protective walls in the Pibor and Akobo independent operation base
Construction
(Pibor: 2km, Akobo: 200m)
Support
Reinforcement of protective walls, external moats, and parapet walk (1.8km)
Repairs of drain and installation of pads for generators in the Bor base
| Military Observers and Staff Officers in UN Missions | The ROK government currently
has around 20 personnel dispatched to UN missions in major conflict regions including India
and Pakistan, Lebanon, South Sudan, and Western Sahara. Some of them work as observers
and armistice supervision agents, and some, as military staff of f icers in UN missions. Observers
monitor armistice violations and undertake tasks, such as patrols, investigations, reporting, and
mediation, under the control of UN missions. The staff of f icers of UN missions carry out their
duties in the major staff of f ices of each command such as intelligence, operations, and logistics
of f ices.
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