that the country has been divided into; each sector contains a full range of combat units, engineering and medical support. The force listing given below dates from before the reduction in force strength carried out in 2007-09; there are now two sectors, A covering former Sectors 1 and 2 and based at Bushrod Island, Monrovia, and B covering Sectors 3 and 4 and apparently based at Gbarnga. In December 2012, Major General Leonard Ngondi of the Kenya Defence Forces was appointed as Force Commander. Force commander as of December 2015 is Major General Salihu Zaway Uba of Nigeria. General Luka Yusuf of Nigeria served as commander of Sector 1, before becoming Command Officer-in-Charge of the new Armed Forces of Liberia as a Major General in March 2006. From 2012 to 2013, United States Army Brigadier General Hugh Van Roosen, commanded the mission, the first for an American since 1996 in Bosnia. Force HQ Pakistan Army Mechanized Infantry Battalion Infantry Battalion (Pakistan) Infantry Company (Nigeria) Engineering Company (Bangladesh) Engineering Company (Pakistan) Engineering Company (Pakistan) Transport Company (China) Military Police Company (Nepal) Hospital (Jordan) (sharing facilities with John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia) 56th Helicopter Company (Armed Forces of Ukraine) Philippine Contingent (Clerical and VIP Security) Sector 1 2 x Infantry Battalion (Pakistan) (1xTubmanburg and 1x Voinjama) Infantry Battalion (Namibia) Engineering Battalion (Pakistan) Hospital (Pakistan) Sector 2 2 x Infantry Battalion Infantry Battalion (Ghana) Engineering Battalion (Pakistan) Sector 3 3 x Infantry Battalion (Bangladesh) Engineering Company (Bangladesh) Hospital (Bangladesh) Sector 4 3 x Infantry Battalion (Ethiopia) Infantry Battalion (Senegal) Hospital (Senegal) Hospital (China) Engineering Company (China) Sector B The Sector B area of responsibility covers Lofa, Bong, Nimba, Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Maryland and Grand Kru Counties. The sector headquarters is in Gbarnga, Bong County. Military units within this sector include one Pakistan infantry battalion, one Bangladesh infantry battalion and one Ghanaian infantry battalion, UNMO Teams 6-11, three level-2 hospitals (China, Bangladesh and Pakistan), Bangladesh signal company, Bangladesh logistics company and Bangladesh military police unit. The Canadian Forces designation for troops sent to the mission was "Liane", including SHIRBRIG augmentation personnel in late 2003. References Further reading External links UNMIL website UN UNMIL website Liberia Foreign relations of Liberia History of Liberia 1509 Pakistan military presence in other countries Liberia and the United Nations