UN chief for joint efforts to make peacekeeping more effective
UNB, Dhaka :
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon all to work together to make peacekeeping more effective in protecting people and advancing peace.
“UN peacekeeping is a vital investment in global peace and security.
But it requires strong international commitment,” he said in a message marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers that falls on May 29.
Today, the UN chief said, they honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers since its first mission in 1948. “We remember the more than 3,800 personnel who paid the ultimate price.”
Bangladesh is the second largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping and 146 peacekeepers from Bangladesh have so far lost their lives on duty.
It currently deploys more than 6,600 military and police personnel in nine peacekeeping missions in Abyei, the Central African Re-public, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Western Sahara.
On Friday, the United Nations has honoured 12 fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers who lost their lives on duty in various parts of the world last year.
The UN awarded “Dag Hammarskjold Medal” to 119 fallen peacekeepers from 27 member states. Among them were the 12 Bangladeshis who made supreme sacrifice for global peace.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon all to work together to make peacekeeping more effective in protecting people and advancing peace.
“UN peacekeeping is a vital investment in global peace and security.
But it requires strong international commitment,” he said in a message marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers that falls on May 29.
Today, the UN chief said, they honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers since its first mission in 1948. “We remember the more than 3,800 personnel who paid the ultimate price.”
Bangladesh is the second largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping and 146 peacekeepers from Bangladesh have so far lost their lives on duty.
It currently deploys more than 6,600 military and police personnel in nine peacekeeping missions in Abyei, the Central African Re-public, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Western Sahara.
On Friday, the United Nations has honoured 12 fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers who lost their lives on duty in various parts of the world last year.
The UN awarded “Dag Hammarskjold Medal” to 119 fallen peacekeepers from 27 member states. Among them were the 12 Bangladeshis who made supreme sacrifice for global peace.
