International Day of UN Peacekeepers - May 29

 

The "International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers", May 29, is "a day to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN Peacekeeping Operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication, and courage and to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace

It was so designated by UN General Assembly Resolution 57/129, on December 11, 2002, after an official request of the Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association and the Government of Ukraine to the UN General Assembly and first celebrated in 2003

The date, May 29, marks the anniversary of the creation of the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in 1948 to monitor the ceasfire after the 1948 ARab-Israeli Wa,which was the first ever UN peacekeeping mission.