International Day of UN Peacekeepers| 2020 Theme
"To
honor the peacekeepers and to pay tribute to the martyrs in the
peacekeeping operations under the UN flag this day is celebrated
as International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Those peacekeepers who are still
working for this cause when Pandemic Covid-19 has taken whole world into it's
claws."
International Day of UN Peacekeepers[29th May]
It was designated as
International Day of UN peacekeepers on 29th May 1948. This is the date when
first UN peacekeeping mission "United Nations Truce Supervision Organization"
(UNTSO) began it's operation in Palestine.
This is the day to pay
the tribute to the personnel who are working for this mission with
dedication, enormous determination, perseverance and courage, and commemorate
those who sacrificed their life for peacekeeping.
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| International day of UN peacekeepers 29 May |
Since it's Inception in
1948, 3900 people including civilians, Police and military personnel were died
due to the unfortunate events like act of violence in addition to that diseases
and accidents. They were died when serving for the cause of peace. Since 1948 over 1 million
women and men have been served in 72 operations .
On 29th may, all UN
offices and associated entities hold, organize the events to honor those
martyrs who did not think for a once to sacrifice their life for the cause.
The activities and events includes:-
- Wreath-laying
ceremony by Secretary-general for all the martyrs who sacrificed
themselves, serving under the UN flag at the UN Headquarters in New York.
- Those who got
martyrdom in the previous year during their service as peacekeepers are
awarded with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal posthumously.
- Wherever the UN
peacekeepers are deputed to work, they utilize this day to bridge all the
gaps and to strength their bonding with that local population.
- They perform it
by organizing sporting events, visiting the schools and orphanages, by
organizing different competitions like painting, exhibitions, essay
competition.
- The
activities like cleaning up the locality, plantation of trees etc are
organized for collaboration and mutual contribution.
- Organizing the
Concerts, conferences and workshops on peace issues are conducted on this
day.
Theme of International Day of UN Peacekeepers in 2020:-
UN is celebrating this
year with the theme
Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace
The theme is taken to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of adopting he UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace
and Security .
This resolution was
drafted to give women equal rights. The focus was on the well being of Women and
girls. Few points I would like to discuss from this resolution are:-
1. To increase their scope,
their participation and their involvement
in building the peace so as to give gender equality.
2. To empower them by
giving the decision making right in preventing the conflicts.
3. To take measures and making the laws on
international level to protect the rights of women and girls during and forth
of conflicts.
4. It stresses on
preventing the sexual and other crimes against women and girls by taking strong
actions.
Women have been
contributing greatly. Their involvement has been proved incredible. They are
not only improving the performance but they are making aware women from diverse
fields to be a part of peacekeeping and politics which will impact the overall
result of peacekeeping when women from different fields will be involved in
it.
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