3,000 peacekeepers killed in 62 years, says UN
Alain Le Roy,
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, made this known to
UN correspondents at a news conference on the international Day of UN
Peacekeepers, observed on May 29.
Mr. Ley Roy said
700 peacekeepers died in the last five years and in 2009 alone, 121
peacekeepers lost their lives while serving with the UN.
According to him,
of the 1010 fatalities suffered by the UN as a result of the January 12
earthquake in Haiti, 96 were from the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH), the biggest single loss of lives in the history of UN
peacekeeping.
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