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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 10:19
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OBie101
 
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Artlite, G'Day; a question: have you actually been awarded a UN contract to provide services to a UN Agency (ie WFP, WHO, UNHCR, UNDP or UNMISS etc)?

If not I doubt very much that you'd be picking up ad hoc UN tasks as they don't operate that way, due to the financial regulations governing UN activities.

If, however, you have been so-awarded, then the responsible UN Agency will be quite forthcoming in "advising" you of their operating requirements, and the UN Aviation Section will be very specific about the airframe capability required, which should have been included as part of the Contract Statement of Requirements.

Main thing, as mentioned by many above, make sure you have all your ducks in a row, and remember, there are no dumb questions ... only dumb people, who haven't asked all the questions, yet.
Good Luck [and by the way, Primus is OK, COLD!!]

Edit: if the airframe is painted/marked "UN" you'll be precluded from carting around anything other than UN-approved cargo, ambulant or otherwise, and if that is the case and you get sprung doing otherwise, highly likely, as some miserable "B" will dob you in, you'll lose the Contract, and be barred from bidding for another, for usually six months.

Last edited by OBie101; 23rd Mar 2014 at 10:29. Reason: Old age/forgetfulness!
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