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The pledge would bring the force closer to its authorized 5,550 personnel ahead of the Sept. 30 renewal vote.
Bangladesh plans to deploy 1,600 police officers and engineers to the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti, up from an earlier pledge of 1,500 that included support for securing Haiti's land and sea borders.
Dhaka has prepared three specialized police units with skills in tactical response, explosive ordnance disposal, organized-crime and cybercrime investigation, and forensics. Bangladesh also served in the UN stabilization mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017.
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