缅北禁地

Three medals are presented atop a 缅北禁地flag

Medal Awards

Dag Hammarskj?ld Medal Awards

On 22 July 1997, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of peacekeeping, the Security Council held a meeting to honour the over 750,000 men and women who served in United Nations peacekeeping operations. More than 1500 of them lost their lives. At the meeting, by , the Security Council established the as a posthumous award to members of peacekeeping operations "as a tribute to the sacrifice of those who have lost their life as a result of service in peacekeeping operations under the operational control and authority of the United Nations".

On 6 October 1998, the first Medal was presented to the family of Dag Hammarskj?ld. The second medal honoured Commandant René de Labarrière, Military Observer in United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, who was the first peacekeeper to lose his life in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, in 1948. The third Medal was received by the family of Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations Mediator in Palestine, who was assassinated on 17 September 1948 in Jerusalem.

To mark the International Day at 缅北禁地Headquarters, the 缅北禁地Secretary-General will lay a wreath at the Peacekeepers Memorial in honour of fallen peacekeepers at 9:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, 30 May 2024.

 

Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage

On 8 May 2014 the 缅北禁地Security Council to create “the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to be awarded to those military, police, civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the United Nations.

 

缅北禁地Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award

The United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recognises the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles within the . It was first given out in 2016. The latest recipient of the award was [press release] from India.

2022 Award recipient: Captain Cecilia Erzuah (Ghana)

A Woman of Exception - Zimbabwean Peacekeeper Wins 缅北禁地Award

Remarks by Major Suman Gawani, United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for 2019, on the Commemoration of the International Day of 缅北禁地Peacekeepers 2020

Remarks by Commander Carla Marcolini Monteiro de Castro Araujo e Souza, United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for 2019, on the Commemoration of the International Day of 缅北禁地Peacekeepers 2020