UN to Decorate Three Fallen Cameroonian Peacekeepers
By Innocent Kum in Yaounde
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations |
Some Three fallen peacekeepers from Cameroon are among
many others to be honoured at a ceremony at the United Nations, UN headquarters
on June 1.
Three
fallen peacekeepers from Cameroon are among some 127 who will posthumously
receive the Dag Hammarskjold medal.
The
soldiers include Bernard Yannick Ndongo, Wilfred Effogo Mayega, Mathurin Njiki,
who all served with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in
the Central African Republic, MINUSCA.
Cameroon
is the 18th largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping.
It currently deploys more than 1,100 military
and police personnel to the UN peace operations in the Central African
Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Mali and Sudan.
“Our
peacekeepers – civilian, police, men and women, military personnel – save lives
every day. Today, we honour those who have sacrificed their lives in service to
peace. Their service and sacrifice inspires us to work harder to support a
sustainable peace in some of the world’s most complex and challenging places”
said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
“We owe
a debt of gratitude to the brave men and women who risk their lives every day
in service to others, and we grieve with the families and nations of our fallen
colleagues,” said Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Atul Khare.
“But
beyond gratitude, we owe our peacekeepers all the support we can muster to
ensure they are well-equipped, well-trained and well-prepared to complete their
missions successfully” he added.
Meanwhile
as part of activities to mark the 2018 International Day of United Nations
peacekeepers, UN Secretary General is expected on May 29 to Visit Troops in
Mali.
“Today,
more than 96,000 uniformed personnel from 124 troop- and-police-contributing
countries serve under the blue flag, alongside more than 15,000 international
and national civilian staff and nearly 1,600 United Nations Volunteers” a UN
statement has revealed.
In his
message to mark the Day, Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he
will spend the Day with United Nations Peacekeepers in Mali “to express my
solidarity with colleagues facing high casualties and enormous volatility.”
This
year also marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of UN Peacekeeping,
the flagship enterprise of the Organization described by the Secretary-General
as “a proven investment in global peace, security and prosperity.”
“We
express our gratitude to the more than one million men and women who have served
under the UN flag, saving countless lives.
We honour the more than 3,700 blue helmets who have paid the ultimate
price over the past seven decades. And we pay tribute to the 14 peacekeeping
missions working around the clock to protect people and advance the cause of
peace,” Guterres said.
At a
time of increasingly complex conflicts and rising peacekeeper fatalities, the
Secretary-General said: “As we recognize a legacy of service and sacrifice
around the world, I am also committed to taking Action for Peacekeeping —
action to make our operations more effective and safer in today’s challenging
environments.”
Upon his return from Mali, the
Secretary-General will preside over the observance of the International Day of
Peacekeepers at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday, 1 June.
He will
lay a wreath to honour those who lost their lives while in the service of peace
and will also officiate at a ceremony to posthumously present the Dag
Hammarskjöld Medal to 127 military, police and civilian personnel who lost
their lives in peacekeeping operations during 2017.
In the meantime, The General Assembly
established the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in 2002 to pay
tribute to all men and women serving in peacekeeping, and to honour the memory
of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.
The
Assembly designated 29 May as the Day because it was the date in 1948 when the
first UN peacekeeping mission - the United Nations Truce Supervision
Organization -- began operations in the Middle East.
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