The commander of the Vanuatu police's Mobile Force, Job Esau, says 15 of his staff are to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Ivory Coast in West Africa.
The commander of the police unit says this is the largest contingent of VMF officers to be contracted by the UN on peacekeeping duties anywhere in the world.
Mr. Esau says the men were recruited by the UN after a telephone interview, followed by a series of tests the men.
The commander's announcement breaks his silence following his return to the VMF from his former position as the acting Commissioner of Police.
He has been replaced in the acting commissioner role by Vake Rakau.
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