China's sixth peacekeeping squad for the United Nations mission
in Haiti left Beijing on Thursday.
The 95 members will join a 30-member advance group, which has
been in Haiti since Dec. 4, bringing the squad up to its full force
of 125, including eight female police officers.
All the officers come from the southwestern Yunnan Province,
mostly from anti-drug trafficking police teams.
They will replace the 125-strong fifth peacekeeping squad, which
has been in Haiti since April.
The sixth squad will serve in Haiti for eight months.
The fifth squad, all from Guangdong Province, will return on
Dec. 15.
China has participated in UN peacekeeping missions in Haiti
since 2004.
(Xinhua News Agency December 14, 2007)
