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Medal Awards
Dag Hammarskj?ld Medal Awards
On 22 July 1997, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of peacekeeping, the Security Council held a meeting to honour the over 750,000 men and women who served in 51³Ô¹Ï peacekeeping operations. More than 1500 of them lost their lives. At the meeting, by , the Security Council established the as a posthumous award to members of peacekeeping operations "as a tribute to the sacrifice of those who have lost their life as a result of service in peacekeeping operations under the operational control and authority of the 51³Ô¹Ï".
On 6 October 1998, the first Medal was presented to the family of Dag Hammarskj?ld. The second medal honoured Commandant Ren¨¦ de Labarri¨¨re, Military Observer in 51³Ô¹Ï Truce Supervision Organization, who was the first peacekeeper to lose his life in a 51³Ô¹Ï peacekeeping operation, in 1948. The third Medal was received by the family of Count Folke Bernadotte, 51³Ô¹Ï Mediator in Palestine, who was assassinated on 17 September 1948 in Jerusalem.
To mark the International Day at UN Headquarters, the UN Secretary-General will lay a wreath at the Peacekeepers Memorial in honour of fallen peacekeepers at 9:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, 30 May 2024.
- List of Personnel to be Posthumously Awarded the Dag Hammarskj?ld Medal on 30 May 2024
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Follow the Dag Hammarskj?ld Medal Awards Ceremony on (11:00 am, 30 May 2024 )
- Secretary-General's remarks at the ceremony
Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage
On 8 May 2014 the UN Security Council to create ¡°the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage¡± to be awarded to those military, police, civilian 51³Ô¹Ï personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the 51³Ô¹Ï.
UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
The 51³Ô¹Ï Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recognises the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles within the . It was first given out in 2016. The latest recipient of the award was [press release] from India.