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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (Xinhua) — The United Nations held a memorial service at its headquarters in New York on Thursday to commemorate peacekeepers who died in the line of duty.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath in honour of the 4,400 UN peacekeepers who have died since 1948. He later presided over a ceremony in which 57 peacekeepers from more than 30 countries were posthumously awarded Dag Hammarskjöld Medals. They died last year while serving under the UN flag. The medal was also awarded posthumously to a French soldier who died in 1973.
Over the past decades, more than 2 million women and men have served in 71 missions on four continents, Guterres said at the ceremony. “In the communities and countries where they serve, UN peacekeepers are an important symbol of the UN at its best. And together, they have helped improve the lives of millions of people,” he added.
UN peacekeeping missions face complex situations such as terrorism, transnational crime and disinformation that make them vulnerable to attack, the Secretary-General noted, stressing the need for peacekeeping to adapt to new realities in these tense and difficult times. –0–