Resources

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 Hammarskjöld Medal on 30 May 2024

• Follow the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awards Ceremony on UN Web TV  (11:00 am, 30 May 2024 ).

Documents

• General Assembly Resolution establishing the International Day
• Reports
• General Assembly resolutions
• Secretary-General’s reports
• Reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
• Reports of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
• Security Council resolutions
• Security Council President’s statements
• Declarations and other instruments on the issue of peace

Related Websites

• United Nations Peacekeeping
• Peace begins with me
• Service and Sacrifice
• 70th anniversary of UN peacekeeping
• United Nations Peacekeeping
• Remember the Fallen
• The Nobel Peace Prize for 1988

Multimedia

• UN Photo Library
• Videos
• Exhibition: 75 Years of United Nations Peacekeeping: Peace Begins With Me
• 2023 poster

Press Releases

• 28 May 2024 — Secretary-General to Commemorate Fallen Peacekeepers at Headquarters Observance of International Day on 30 May
• 28 May 2024 — Indian Peacekeeper Wins 2023 Military Gender Advocate of Year Award
• 25 May 2023 — UN Headquarters Observes International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on 25 May
• 22 May 2023 — UN Peacekeeping and the Inside Out Project host art activation in Times Square for 75th anniversary
• 24 May 2022 — Fallen Chadian Captain Honoured with United Nations Peacekeeping’s Highest Award
• 24 May 2022 — Zimbabwean Peacekeeper Wins 2021 Military Gender Advocate of Year Award
• 23 May 2022 — Observing International Day, Secretary-General to Commemorate Fallen Peacekeepers, Award Medal for Exceptional Courage, Honour Military Gender Advocate of Year
• 25 May 2021 — Secretary-General to Commemorate Fallen Peacekeepers, Honour Kenyan Officer as Gender Advocate, at Headquarters Observance of International Day
• 24 May 2021 — Kenyan Peacekeeper wins United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2020 Award
• 27 May 2020 — UN Observes International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on 29 May: UN Secretary-General to commemorate fallen peacekeepers, and honour Military Gender Advocates of the Year
• 24 May 2019 — Secretary-General, at Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony, Calls for Honouring Fallen Colleagues by Never Abandoning Pursuit of Peace
• 24 May 2019 — Stressing Need to Support 'Action for Peacekeeping' Initiative, Secretary-General Highlights Risks Confronting Peacekeepers, at Ceremony Marking International Day
• 24 May 2019 — Secretary-General to Lay Wreath in Honour of Fallen United Nations Peacekeepers, as Headquarters Observes International Day
• 23 May 2019 — Secretary-General, in Message for International Day of Peacekeepers, Urges Concerted Efforts to More Effectively Protect People, Advance Peace
• 20 May 2019 — Secretary-General to Honour Fallen Malawi Soldier with Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage, at Headquarters, 24 May
• 24 May 2018 — Secretary-General to Visit Troops in Mali, as Headquarters Observes International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May