UNB, Dhaka :
Four fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers will be honoured at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on June 1.
The four fallen peacekeepers to be honoured from Bangladesh are Md Monowar Hossain, Sergeant Md Altaf Hossain, Lance Corporal Md Jakirul Alam Sarkar who lost their lives while serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA) and Md Abdur Rahim who served with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Bangladesh is the second largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping, said a press release. It currently deploys more than 6,990 military and police personnel to the UN operations in the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Western Sahara. Today, more than 96,000 uniformed personnel from 124 troop- and-police-contributing countries serve under the blue flag, alongside more than 15,000 international and national civilian staff and nearly 1,600 United Nations Volunteers. On May 29, the United Nations will commemorate the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. In his message to mark the Day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he will spend the Day with United Nations Peacekeepers in Mali “to express my solidarity with colleagues facing high casualties and enormous volatility.”
Four fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers will be honoured at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on June 1.
The four fallen peacekeepers to be honoured from Bangladesh are Md Monowar Hossain, Sergeant Md Altaf Hossain, Lance Corporal Md Jakirul Alam Sarkar who lost their lives while serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA) and Md Abdur Rahim who served with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Bangladesh is the second largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping, said a press release. It currently deploys more than 6,990 military and police personnel to the UN operations in the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Western Sahara. Today, more than 96,000 uniformed personnel from 124 troop- and-police-contributing countries serve under the blue flag, alongside more than 15,000 international and national civilian staff and nearly 1,600 United Nations Volunteers. On May 29, the United Nations will commemorate the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. In his message to mark the Day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he will spend the Day with United Nations Peacekeepers in Mali “to express my solidarity with colleagues facing high casualties and enormous volatility.”
