PREVIOUS
✖
International Day of UN Peacekeepers – May 29
May 29 , 2018
2372 days
1108
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.”
Leave a Reply
Your Comment is awaiting moderation.