What day is May 29th?

May 29 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

On December 11, 2002, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 57/129 to designate May 29 as the International Day for United Nations Peacekeepers. Its purpose is to commemorate the peacekeepers who have sacrificed their lives for United Nations peacekeeping. Commemorations are held in various ways by the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters in New York, at peacekeeping missions and in offices around the world.

Related activities

On May 26, 2022, the United Nations Headquarters held a grand ceremony to posthumously award Dag Hammarshe to the 117 peacekeepers who died in the line of duty in the past year. Medal of Honor.

On May 27, 2022, as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is approaching, China’s 25th peacekeeping engineer detachment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo carried out educational practice with the theme of “Revisiting the Peacekeeping Oath and Contributing to the Peacekeeping Battlefield” activities to further encourage officers and soldiers to remember their mission and perform their duties.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers