ON PEACEKEEPERS DAY, BAN LEADS UN IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO FALLEN HEROES

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ON PEACEKEEPERS DAY, BAN LEADS UN IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO FALLEN
HEROESNew York, May 29 2013 1:00PMSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon led
the United Nations today in honouring those who lost their lives over
the past year serving under the blue flag, while also raising
awareness about new developments in the field of peacekeeping.

On this <"http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/pkday.shtml">International
Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed annually on 29 May, the
world body honoured 111 peacekeeping personnel who died last year and
paid tribute to the some 3,000 others who have fallen in the line of
duty since the first peacekeepers deployed 65 years ago.

"We are working hard to improve safety for our personnel around the
world. But peacekeeping is inherently dangerous. And the risks are
growing," Mr. Ban
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6854">said during a
wreath-laying ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York.

Last year, UN personnel were killed during attacks on patrols in Cote
d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan, and South
Sudan, the Secretary-General recalled.

In the coming months, members of the UN intervention brigade will
arrive in the eastern DRC and the UN will field a new operation in
Mali, where terrorism poses a real threat, he added.

"Acts of violence receive the most attention – but they are not the
only threat to our personnel. Many of our fallen colleagues die from
disease. Others lose their lives in car accidents on dangerous roads
in undeveloped areas," said Mr. Ban.

"Whatever the cause of death, we honour all fallen peacekeepers for
their sacrifice, courage and selfless service on behalf the United
Nations."

While peacekeeping is fraught with risk, it is also filled with
promise, Mr. Ban said afterwards at the Dag Hammarskjöld medal
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6855">ceremony to
honour fallen peacekeepers. "Our blue helmets bring hope to millions
of people in some of the most troubled parts of the world."

He said he saw this for himself last week when he travelled to
Mozambique, where peace today traces back to a UN peacekeeping mission
fielded some two decades ago, as well as in DRC, where UN peacekeepers
are working to help bring peace and stability.

"Our aim is to make peacekeeping more effective for the people we
serve, and safer for the staff who carry out this life-saving work."

With global peace and security needs changing rapidly, this year's
International Day focuses on how UN peacekeeping is 'Adapting to new
challenges'.

As the Secretary-General noted in his
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6853">message for the
Day, UN peacekeeping is increasingly called on to deploy
multi-dimensional operations to help countries transition from
conflict to peace, with a significant focus on protecting civilians,
including the most vulnerable among them: women and children.

"To meet emerging threats and rise to new challenges, United Nations
peacekeeping is adjusting its policies to better fulfil its mandates
to bring lasting peace to war-torn countries," he stated.

In addition to events at UN Headquarters, the International Day is
being marked at various peacekeeping missions worldwide. Currently,
there are more than 111,000 UN personnel serving in 15 peacekeeping
missions.May 29 2013 1:00PM
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