"MEMORIAL"

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon marked the International Day of UN peacekeepers during a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s peacekeepers, government officials, humanitarians, diplomatic partners, and community members came together in the country’s capital, Juba, to celebrate International Peacekeeping Day. UNMISS

On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said United Nations peacekeepers, despite challenges, “preserve ceasefires from collapse” and “protect every single day hundreds of thousands of civilians.” UNIFEED

Captain Cecilia Erzuah, a peacekeeper from Ghana, received the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for promoting the role of women in peace and security. UNIFEED / FILE

UN Headquarters observed the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and marked the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping. UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly adopted a political declaration to renew commitment and accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction up to 2030. UNIFEED

Commenting on the “shocking” incidents of violence at the Holy Sites and tensions across the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “The current trajectory is neither sustainable nor inevitable.” UNIFEED

A song like no other by a group of South Sudanese primary school students is making its rounds on various social media platforms in South Sudan, and the world. UNMISS

Secretary-General António Guterres and Türkiye First Lady Emine Erdoğan visited a memorial honoring Türkiye’s earthquake victims, as well as an exhibit of Türkiye’s Zero Waste movement. UNIFEED