An official ceremony organized by Danmarks Veteraner on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers took place on May 29, 2017 at Kastellet, to pay tribute to all the women and men who have served as military, police or civilians in UN Peacekeeping operations and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives for the noble cause of peace while serving under the UN flag since 1948.
Since the establishment of UNFICYP-the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus- in 1964, almost 23,000 Danes served among the more than 100,000 peacekeepers from 34 nations as UN peacekeepers in Cyprus.
More than 3,500 peacekeepers have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948.
186 civilian, military and police personnel have died in the service to peace in Cyprus, among them 25 Danes.
Today, the UN deploys more than 113,000 military, police and civilian personnel in 16 peacekeeping operations on four continents.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Kingdom of Denmark Mrs Maria Papakyriakou had the honour of decorating, during the ceremony, the Danish Veteran Peacekeepers who served in DANCON/UNFICYP in Cyprus in 1967 with "the 50th anniversary memorial medal for service in Cyprus in 1967".
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