Security Council Resolution 2154 (2014) [on Creation of the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage]

S/RES/2154 (2014)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 10 Maintenance of international peace and security, published in 2014.

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3 subjects

Awards International Civil Service Peacekeeping Operations

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Decides to create “the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to be awarded to those military, police, civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish within six months after the adoption of this resolution, the design of the medal, and to submit in due course to the Security Council the modalities for determining how the recipients of the medal shall be nominated and chosen, based on the criteria set forth in the previous paragraph;

Requests that the medal be presented by the Secretary-General to the recipient, or next of kin, in a ceremony to which all member states of the United Nations shall be invited;

Decides this medal will be ready for investiture within six months of the establishment of its modalities and the administrative management of the award will be provided by the Secretariat.

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