The general Ramon Guardado Sanchez He is the first Mexican to command a UN peacekeeping mission; is deployed in the Himalaya.
This was announced by the United Nations Organization (UN) in a statement in which he stressed that:
“Brigadier General Guardado Sánchez will make history as the first UN Head of Mission and Chief of Military Observers coming from Mexico.”
The Mexican soldier was deployed on December 23; its mission in the region located between India and Pakistan It is one of the oldest UN operations.
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The assignment of the member of the Secretary of National Defense (Defense) will be to monitor the ceasefire between those countries along the Line of Control in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Regarding his assignment – in which he replaces the Argentine rear admiral, Guillermo Pablo Ríos-Guardado Sánchez said that he is aware of the complexity of the task, and that:
“This position is not only a personal achievement, it is also a reflection of my country’s dedication to peacekeeping. I am proud to represent both Mexico like to the HIM at this crucial moment for UN peacekeeping.”
Who is Brigadier General Ramón Guardado Sánchez?
This is the third service that the Brigadier General gives to the UN, he was previously Commander of the Mexico Joint Peace Operations Training Center (2017-2018) and served in the UN Verification Mission in Colombia (2016-2017) as Regional Head of Observers.
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Before heading the mission in the HimalayaGuardado Sánchez served as Commissioner of the National Guard in Yucatán; Liaison to Congress for the Joint National Defense Staff (2022-2023), Chief of the Regional Training Center (2021-2022) and Chief of Section G-7 (Counternarcotics Operations) of the Joint Defense Staff National (2018-2019).
Originally from Veracruz He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Military Administration at the Higher War School and a Master’s Degree in National Security at the Center for Higher Naval Studies.
He also graduated from Advanced Course for Armored Officers at the United States Army Armor Center and the Joint and Combined Warfare Operations School at the Joint Chiefs of Staff College of the United States Armed Forces and trained at the Argentina Peace Operations Joint Training Center.
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