UNGA Resolution on “Memorial Wall for Fallen United Nations Peacekeepers”
Recently, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution moved by India to set up a memorial wall at the UN Headquarters to honor fallen peacekeepers.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj presented the draft resolution titled ‘Memorial Wall for Fallen United Nations Peacekeepers’ at the UN General Assembly Hall. The resolution was co-sponsored by nearly 190 UN member states and adopted unanimously.
India steered the adoption of a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly to set up a memorial wall for fallen peacekeepers. The resolution was co-sponsored by nearly 190 UN member states, and adopted unanimously.
The resolution was presented by 18 countries including Bangladesh, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Nepal, Rwanda and the US.
The resolution states that the wall should be completed within three years of the adoption of the text. It is noteworthy that in 2015, the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations launched a virtual memorial wall dedicated to Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice while on active service as UN peacekeepers. This initiative was a precursor to the eventual construction of the Peacekeepers Memorial Wall.
India had proposed the construction of the Memorial Wall as a fitting way to remember all the soldiers of UN member states who laid down their lives while on duty under the Blue Flag of the United Nations.
Source – The Hindu
