International Day of UN Peacekeepers: A Solemn Day To Honour Peacekeepers on May 29

Team Latestly May 29, 2019 03:16 PM IST

May 29 marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. This year’s theme, “Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace,” coincides with the 20th anniversary of the “…first time the Security Council explicitly mandated a peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone to protect civilians.” But today, the central component of the UN, peacekeeping, is under attack as countries cut their contributions to the United Nations.

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