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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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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…
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Cpl. Watters – Congo
Patrick Eugene Watters formerly of Crossmaglen, County Armagh joined the Irish Defence Forces in March 1960. Corporal Watters served with the 5th Infantry Battalion (Dublin) and remained in service until resigning from the Army reserves in March 1965. During his military career he took part in overseas duty during two of the United Nations (ONUC)…
The Niemba Ambush 8 NOV 1960
In this article we remember the tragic events of sixty one years ago in Nov 1960, when Ireland suffered the highest toll on peacekeeping operations when nine men were killed by Baluba tribesmen near a bridge on the River Luweyeye on a dirt road approximately 23 Km from Niemba village in the northeast of Katanga…
