Date: 2001-05-29
29 May has been designated as the "International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers" by the United Nations. 29 May 2008 was the sixtieth anniversary of UN Peacekeeping Forces being deployed:
Sixty years ago on that date, the United Nations Security Council established the first peacekeeping operation, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), based in the Middle East. In 2001, the General Assembly proclaimed 29 May as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers to pay tribute to the men and women who serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations and honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace
