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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
Post No 6, Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 11 Click for Article Below is the content in audio format
Withdrawal of Defence Forces Troops from Mali
On 7 Sep 2023, personnel from 21 Ircon with the EU Training Mission to Mali (EUTM) received their EUTM MALI service medal from Lt Gen Michiel van der Laan of the Royal Dutch Army who is the Director General European Union Military Staff and Director Military Planning and Conduct Capability. 21Ircon is the final unit…
Peacekeepers injured in attack on UN helicopter in DRC
Two South African peacekeepers who were serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) were injured, one seriously, in an attack on a UN helicopter on Friday 2 Feb 2024. The helicopter was carrying out a medical evacuation when it came under fire from presumed members…
UN casualties in the Central African Republic – 15 Jan 2024
On 16 Jan 2024, the UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned the killing on 15 Jan 2024 of Pte Emmanuel Steve Atebele (Cameroon) and the wounding of five of his comrades while they were on patrol in Mbindale, 45 Kms northest of the town of Paoua in the Central African Republic with the United Nations…
History of the United Nations Emblem, Flag and Blue Beret
The flag which so many Irish peacekeepers have proudly served under and the beret which they wore. By George Kerton PRO IUNVA In Apr 1945, near the end of World War II, fifty Allied nations gathered in San Francisco and this conference led to the establishment of the United Nations in Oct 1945. Delegates wore…
The Kindu Atrocity – Massacre of Thirteen Italian Air Force Personnel in the Congo in Nov 1961
In this article we look at one incident that happened sixty years ago in the Congo in Nov 1961 when Italy suffered thirteen casualties in a mass murder in what has been called the Kindu Massacre. This event shows that UN peacekeepers who might not be considered to be on the frontline were open to…
