GK
DAYS AND YEARS
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Question
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May 29
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August 12
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March 8
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November 14
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Detailed explanation-1: -The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May, offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour nearly 4, 200 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 135 last year.
Detailed explanation-2: -UN peacekeeping forces aid nations in negotiating the perilous transition from war to peace. To carry out several missions approved by the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the UN General Assembly, it deploys soldiers and police from all over the world and combines them with civilian peacekeepers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first UN peacekeeping mission was established in May 1948, when the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of a small number of UN military observers to the Middle East to form the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.