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International Day of UN Peacekeepers – May 29

May 29 , 2018 2372 days 1109 0
  • The General Assembly, in its resolution 57/129, designated 29 May as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
  • This is the date when in 1948 the first UN peacekeeping mission named the "United Nations Truce Supervision Organization", or UNTSO began operations in Palestine.
  • It was established to monitor the ceasefire after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948.
  • The day was designated on official request of the Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association and Government of Ukraine to the UNGA.
  • It was first celebrated in 2003.
  • The theme for the 2018 International Day of UN Peacekeepers is “70 Years of Service and Sacrifice.”

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