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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS MARKED IN ARMENIA
Friday,
May
30
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is marked
in Armenia today, on May 29. A festive event took place in the
peacekeeping brigade of Armenian Armed Forces today, Defense Ministry
said.
The participants included First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia
David Tonoyan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed
Forces Lieutenant General Levon Mnatsakanyan, the peacekeeping brigade
commander Major General Arthur Simonyan, the head of the Kanayan
Institute for National Strategic Studies Major General Hayk Kotanjyan,
and military attaches of diplomatic missions accredited to Armenia.
During the event, servicemen of the peacekeeping corps conducted
demonstration exercises. Then a number of officers and contractual
servicemen were awarded medals and diplomas.
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, is a day
to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue
to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high
level of professionalism, dedication, and courage and to honor the
memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.
It was so designated by United Nations General Assembly Resolution
57/129, on December 11, 2002, after an official request of the
Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association and the Government of Ukraine to
the UN General Assembly and first celebrated in 2003. The date, May
29, marks the anniversary of the creation of the United Nations Truce
Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in 1948 to monitor the ceasefire after
the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which was the first ever UN peacekeeping
mission.
29.05.2014, 20:10
Aysor.am
From: A. Papazian
Friday,
May
30
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is marked
in Armenia today, on May 29. A festive event took place in the
peacekeeping brigade of Armenian Armed Forces today, Defense Ministry
said.
The participants included First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia
David Tonoyan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed
Forces Lieutenant General Levon Mnatsakanyan, the peacekeeping brigade
commander Major General Arthur Simonyan, the head of the Kanayan
Institute for National Strategic Studies Major General Hayk Kotanjyan,
and military attaches of diplomatic missions accredited to Armenia.
During the event, servicemen of the peacekeeping corps conducted
demonstration exercises. Then a number of officers and contractual
servicemen were awarded medals and diplomas.
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, is a day
to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue
to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high
level of professionalism, dedication, and courage and to honor the
memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.
It was so designated by United Nations General Assembly Resolution
57/129, on December 11, 2002, after an official request of the
Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association and the Government of Ukraine to
the UN General Assembly and first celebrated in 2003. The date, May
29, marks the anniversary of the creation of the United Nations Truce
Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in 1948 to monitor the ceasefire after
the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which was the first ever UN peacekeeping
mission.
29.05.2014, 20:10
Aysor.am
From: A. Papazian