Addis Ababa, 4 June 2015 (WIC) – United Nations has awarded Ethiopia a medal in honor of its peacekeepers, who sacrificed their lives to advance the peace, MoFA reported.
At a ceremony held to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers organized at the UNHQs, H.E. Ambassador Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nation received the medal awarded to Ethiopia.
According to MoFA, since the establishment of the United Nations, Ethiopia has been actively participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations based on its firm conviction on the principle of collective security enshrined in the UN Charter.
Currently, Ethiopia is number one in Africa and fourth in the world in terms of the number of its peacekeepers deployed under the United Nations umbrella.
Close to 8 thousand Ethiopian Peacekeepers are serving in various UN peacekeeping missions including in Abeyei, Darfur and South Sudan. In addition, more than 4 thousand Ethiopian peacekeepers are deployed in Somalia as part of the AU peace support operation in that country.