South Sudan - January 16, 2025 Storyline: The 15th Chinese peacekeeping contingent to South Sudan (Wau) passed the UN equipment inspection on Thursday with all its equipment cleared by the UN standards. The UN inspection team carried out an all-element and all-round inspection, focusing on weapons and ammunition, vehicle equipment and medical facilities. The inspection aimed to examine if the major equipment and self-sustainment capabilities of the peacekeepers meet the UN requirements. Its outcome is also a reference for providing peace-keeping facilities and issuing economic compensation to the country fulfilling peacekeeping mission. The 15th contingent, consisting of an engineering detachment and a medical detachment, was deployed to the South Sudan (Wau) mission area in December 2024. The engineering detachment performs duties of constructing roads, building protective shelters, and providing engineering support to various peacekeeping forces in the mission area. The medical detachment is to provide basic medical services in the mission area, deal with common illness and contagious diseases, and offer humanitarian aid. Shotlist: South Sudan - Jan 16, 2025: 1. Meeting in progress; 2. Various of Chinese peacekeepers' equipment being inspected by UN inspection team; 3. Various of Chinese peacekeeper introducing equipment to UN inspection team; 4. Various of Chinese peacekeepers demonstrating medical equipment to UN inspection team; 5. Various of Chinese peacekeepers' equipment being inspected by UN inspection team; 6. Various of vehicles, Chinese peacekeepers walking; 7. Various of Chinese peacekeepers' equipment being inspected by UN inspection team; 8. Various of Chinese peacekeeper directing bulldozer, people on bulldozer; 9. Chinese peacekeepers working, engineering machines moving. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]