Intl Day for UN Peacekeepers today
BSS
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed today in Bangladesh along with other countries across the world in a befitting manner, reports BSS. The International Day for UN Peacekeepers is being observed on May 29 every year across the world. The purpose of observing the Day is to underscore the importance of maintaining global peace, pay tribute to those who are involved in the peacekeeping missions and honour the UN peacekeepers who lost their lives for peace. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the occasion of the day and greeted all including the members of the armed forces and police working in the US peacekeeping mission. Different programmes have been taken in observance of the day, said a press release of the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) in the capital yesterday. The days programmes will begin through holding Peace Keepers Run in the city and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam will attend it as the chief guest, the ISPR said.
