Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 5 December 2023

By PRO IUNVA Thirty five years ago, on 29 Sep 1988, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces.  The Nobel Committee announced  “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has…

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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…

IUNVA welcomed members of the Chaplaincy Service to Arbour Hill on Tuesday 23 Jan 2024. IUNVA members attended mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill, in memory of chaplains who have passed away, the mass was celebrated by Fr. Des Campion SDB CF Naval Service. Fr. Paschal Hanrahan HCF laid a wreath…

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: ‘The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of a United Nations Department of Safety and Security (DSS) staff member and injury to another DSS staffer when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital…

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