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Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Ms. Ameerah Haq Remarks at Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awards Ceremony on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers  New York, 29 May 2014  Excellencies, Colleagues, and Friends,  It is a great honour for me to be here today, and to accept this medal on behalf of our civilian peacekeepers who have paid the ultimate price in the pursuit of peace.

Under-Secretary-General Herve Ladsous Remarks at Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awards Ceremony  on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers  New York, 29 May 2014 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, We are gathered here today to honour those who have lost their lives while serving on our Peacekeeping operations. Our UN family members who made this ultimate sacrifice did so so that others could have a better life.

Thank you for attending this important commemoration. I would like to begin with a solemn moment of silence to honour the 106 fallen heroes who died while serving under the United Nations flag in 2013 – and to remember the more than 3,200 who have lost their lives in the history of UN peacekeeping. [A moment of silence was observed] Thank you. Last year was the sixth year in a row that more than 100 peacekeepers died. Some were killed when their convoys came under attack in Darfur and South Sudan.

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Ameerah Haq  to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations  24 February 2014  Madam Chair,  At the outset, let me congratulate you on the assumption of the Chair of this Special Committee. Madam Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,