BRINDISI: THE NEW UNRHD BASE HAS BEEN INAUGURATED

On Tuesday 17 June, the new United Nations Humanitarian Rapid Response Base (UNHRD) managed by the World Food Programme (WFP) was inaugurated. The ceremony was attended by the Executive Director of the WFP (World Food Programme), Ms. Ertharin Cousin, the Director General of Italian Cooperation for Development (DGCS), Giampaolo Cantini, the Commander of the Brindisi Airport detachment, Col. Andrea Aiello, the Colonel Fabio Nuccetelli, of the AM Logistics Command, Chairman of the Joint Commette, Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Barlozzetti, of the UN Section and Multinational Forces Office of the Alliance of the III Department of the State Military Command, Col. Renato Vella, Deputy Chief of the 4th Office of the IV Department of the SMA, and numerous national and local authorities. At the end of the opening ceremony, the Commander of the Brindisi Airport Detachment, Colonel Andrea Aiello, met with the Executive Director of the WFP and the Director General of Italian Cooperation for Development, during which a heartfelt thank you was expressed to the Air Force for the continuous support that the detachment provides. The airport detachment of the Air Force “T.V. Orazio Pierozzi” of Brindisi, under the command of the Logistics Command, ensures support for the “peacekeeping” (maintenance of peace) operations of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC) and the “humanitarian” operations of the United Nations Humanitarian Emergency Response Base (UNHRD). The Department also provides 24/7, 365 days a year, assistance to the air navigation services of the Civil Aviation, to the passing aircraft belonging to NATO countries, providing, in its functions as Command of the Air Guard, logistical and administrative support to the Armed Forces Agencies of the Brindisi area. Read the news on the website of the United Nations Regional Information Centre