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Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- Peacekeepers Day
- Secretary-General's Travel
- Central African Republic
- Disarmament
- Libya
- Oslo Conference
- Bangladesh
- Afghanistan
PEACEKEEPERS DAY
On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the Secretary-General today took part in a number of related events.
He laid a wreath to honour the brave women and men who gave their lives to protect others and to give war-torn countries a chance for peace and hope. The Secretary-General noted in his remarks that we ask much of our peacekeepers, and that, in return, we must continue to all we can to ensure they are as safe as possible.
He then took part in the awarding of the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal, the United Nations’ highest and most prestigious recognition earned in the service of the peacekeeping. That medal went to the late Private Chancy Chitete of Malawi who died protecting a wounded fellow blue helmet while serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Secretary-General called Private Chitete a true hero, noting that his selfless heroism and sacrifice helped the peacekeepers achieve their objective and dislodge the militia from its stronghold that was vital for the Ebola response to go on.
He expressed his gratitude to the family of Private Chitete, including his wife and infant daughter, and who he will meet privately in a short while.
This is the first time the medal has been awarded since it was presented to Captain Diagne’s family in 2016.
The Secretary-General also spoke at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony to honor UN military and police personnel, international civil servants, national staff, and UN Volunteers who died in 2018 and 2019.
Hailing from different backgrounds, our fallen heroes were united in their efforts to help the UN attain its most important objective: to save further generations from the scourge of war.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRAVEL
On Monday, the Secretary-General will arrive in Austria for a long-scheduled visit to attend a number of meetings around the 40th anniversary of the UN presence in Vienna.
He will also attend the annual meeting of the R20, an organization that brings together leaders from around the world of politics, business and the private sector who are focused on fighting climate change.
He will travel on to Aachen in Germany, from 29-30 May to receive the International Charlemagne Prize, an honour which has been awarded annually since 1950 for efforts made in the service of European unification.
The Secretary-General will be back in the office on 3 June.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPBULIC
Yesterday evening, we issued a statement on the Secretary-General’s behalf in which he condemned the attacks against villages in western part of the Central African Republic which left at least 34 civilians dead. The Secretary-General called on the authorities in the country to investigate these attacks and swiftly bring those responsible to justice.
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