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This ceremony happened within the presence of Morocco’s Deputy Everlasting Consultant to the United Nations, Omar Kadiri, and the Army Advisor to the Kingdom’s Everlasting Mission to the UN, Colonel Najim Assid.
The Dag Hammarskjold Medal was awarded posthumously by the Secretary Common to Grasp Corporal Hafid Nachit and Personal First Class Driss Hajjaj, each of whom died on October 2, 2023, throughout the train of their noble mission of sustaining the peace inside the contingent of the Royal Armed Forces deployed to the United Nations Multidimensional Built-in Stabilization Mission within the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
On the event of this ceremony, the worldwide group paid tribute to greater than 4,300 women and men peacekeepers, who’ve made the final word sacrifice within the service of peace since 1948, together with 61 throughout the 12 months 2023.
In his speech, Mr. Guterres burdened that “the reminiscence of the fallen peacekeepers is a reminder of the tragic human value of battle,” including that because the world lives in troublesome and harmful occasions, the function of peacekeepers is extra indispensable. than ever.
“They present us what peace seems to be like: defending probably the most susceptible, preserving fragile ceasefires, defusing native conflicts, eliminating mines and explosive remnants of battle, strengthening native establishments and democratic programs on which peace relies upon. peace and improvement and implement prevention, as we dedicated to within the New Agenda for Peace”.
In a message projected within the room throughout this ceremony, the Everlasting Consultant of Morocco to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale, introduced his most honest condolences and prayers to the bereaved households of the honorable peacekeepers and to the nice household of United Nations peacekeeping.
Paying tribute to the invaluable work of peacekeepers who misplaced their lives defending the noble explanation for peace and safety, in addition to the rules and values shared inside the United Nations, Mr. Hilale referred to as for responsibility “to aspire to proceed our efforts every single day to construct a world of hope and peace for all”.
With 1,714 peacekeepers deployed in UN missions within the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Kingdom is at the moment the eighth contributor of troops to United Nations peacekeeping operations.
The Worldwide Day of Peacekeepers, established in 2002 by the United Nations Common Meeting, yearly honors all of the women and men who serve in peacekeeping operations, and honors the reminiscence of those that misplaced their lives. life serving the noble explanation for peace.
2024-05-31 18:22:15