Memorial Wall for Fallen United Nations Peacekeepers

A/RES/77/297View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 48 Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects, published in 2023.

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2 subjects

Memorials Peacekeeping Operations

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6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the initiative of Member States to establish at a suitable and prominent place at United Nations Headquarters in New York a memorial wall to honour the memory of fallen peacekeepers, giving due consideration to the modalities involved, including the recording of the names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice;

Decides that the planning, construction, upkeep and maintenance of the memorial wall will be funded entirely from voluntary contributions, and invites interested Member States to provide voluntary contributions for those purposes;

Requests the Secretary-General to assist with the details regarding the establishment of the memorial wall, including but not limited to the design and location of the wall, data to be included on the wall, criteria for inclusion on the wall and other such modalities, and also requests the Secretary-General to recommend to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, within six months of the adoption of the present resolution, detailed options for executing the project, for consideration and approval by the Committee;

Decides to give prominence to the memorial wall by including it in the solemn ceremonies conducted on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and other United Nations peacekeeping-related events;

Also decides to complete the establishment of the memorial wall three years from the date of adoption of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to consult with the Member States during the process of establishing the wall and to provide periodic briefings to the Special Committee on the progress thereof, until its completion;

Requests the Secretary-General to update the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session on the progress made in the establishment of the memorial wall.

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