Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 10 Oct 2024
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Ceremony – UNTSI – 31 Oct 2024
On Thursday 31 Oct 2024 a ceremony was held in UNTSI, the Mil Col, to unveil a special display to the memory of Col Justin MacCarthy who was killed in a traffic accident in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo on 27 Oct 1960, while serving as Dep COS and Chief Ops Offr at HQ ONUC. Col…
Trooper Mullins Annual Commemoration
From PRO IUNVA Michael Thompson’s photographs taken at the annual commemoration in Kilbehenny, Co Limerick for Tpr Patrick Mullins, 1 Mot Sqn who was killed on 15 Sep 1961 in Elisabethville, Katanga Province in the Republic of the Congo while serving with Armd Car Gp, 35 Inf Bn ONUC. His body was not recovered. The…
UN Secretary General visits Timor Leste (East Timor)
by PRO IUNVA On Wednesday 28 Aug 2024, the UN Secretary General António Guterres visited Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste to mark the 25th anniversary of its vote for independence, praising the national unity of the past, and pledging the UN’s unwavering support in the future. He was met at the airport by Timorese President…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 9 August 2024
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25th Anniversary of Rescue 111 Crash at Tramore
By PRO IUNVA TRAMORE CRASH 2 JUL 1999 Today on the twenty fifth anniversary of their deaths we remember Capt Dave O’Flaherty (30), Capt Mick Baker (28), Sgt Pat Mooney (34) and Cpl Niall Byrne (25) who lost their lives Dauphin DH248 helicopter, Rescue 111 crashed at Tramore Co Waterford. At 2202, the crew was…
Visit of An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD
From PRO IUNVA On Wednesday 19 Jun 2024, An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD visited IUNVA HQ in Arbour Hill, Dublin. During his visit he laid a wreath in memory of those who died on overseas service. He paid special tribute to the DF personnel who served in the United Nations Operation…
Annual Memorial Service at UN New York 6 June 2024
A ceremony was held at UN HQ New York on 6 Jun 2024 to remember the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2023. The dead came from 37 countries and were working in 18 different UN agencies or missions as military, police or civilian…
United Nations Peacekeepers Day 29 May 2024
By PRO IUNVA On 29 May 2024, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, paid tribute to all serving peacekeepers and to those who lost their lives in the service of the UN. The ceremony commenced with a wreath lay at the Peacekeepers Memorial Site at UN HQ New York in honour of the more than…
UNIFIL, LAF pay tribute to fallen Malaysian peacekeeper
PRO IUNVA On 23 May 2024, UNIFIL FC Lt Gen Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz and the Lebanese Armed Forces paid tribute to Sgt Faridah Abd Rahman (36), a Malaysian peacekeeper who passed away suddenly at her base in Maarakeh. The UNIFIL head and the LAF representative also awarded posthumously the deceased peacekeeper UN and LAF medals…
