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The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers – May 29
May 29 , 2019
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- The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is observed on 29 May of every year.
- The day offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the peacekeeping works of UN.
- It honours more than 3,800 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948.
- The first UN peacekeeping mission was established on 29 May 1948.
- It was mandated to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.
- The day is observed since 2003.
Continuing relevance
- The theme for 2019 is “Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace”.
- Protection of civilians has increasingly been at the heart of UN peacekeeping.
- More than 90% of UN peacekeepers are engaged in just 8 countries to protect civilians. They are
| Abyei | Central African Republic |
| Darfur | South Sudan |
| Lebanon | Democratic Republic of the Congo, |
| Mali | Haiti |
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