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Recipients of the United Nations Peace Medal Date Name(s) Notes Refs 24 August 1971: Alfred Worden, David Scott, and James Irwin: By U Thant to Apollo 15 astronauts. First recipients. [1] [5] 24 October 1971: Pau Casals and W. H. Auden: By U Thant for composing the music and text of a "Hymn to the United Nations" [6] 1971: Norman Cousins [7] 5 ...
A Gold Star Lapel Button (left) and Next of Kin Lapel Button. A Gold Star Lapel Button in the United States is an official decoration authorized by an Act of Congress that is issued to the direct next of kin family members of service members who died in World War I, World War II, and subsequent armed hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States has been engaged.
it was published in the United States before 17 September 1987 by the United Nations, and it is not sourced to a document listed in the appendix of ST/AI/189/Add.9/Rev.1 (these documents were copyrighted under an exception to the general practice).
UN Korea Medal. The first United Nations medal to be created was the United Nations Service Medal, also known as the United Nations Service Medal Korea, was awarded to any military service member, of an Armed Force allied with South Korea, who participated in the defense of South Korea from North Korea between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1953.
The Soviet Union had been pushing to replace the secretary-general with a troika, the three men to be named by each of the Three Worlds of the Cold War. [3] The Soviets recommended that three of the thirteen under secretaries-general be promoted to the troika: Georgi P. Arkadev of the Soviet Union, Ralph Bunche of the United States, and Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan of India.
The May/June 2006 cover of Communication Arts magazine features yellow and black stencil outline of Che, but his beret star is replaced with a Nike swoosh logo, and he is wearing the iconic white headset of an iPod. Release of the cover overloaded the magazine with both positive and negative responses, while generating more newsstand sales than ...
A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations. United Nations peacekeepers are often referred to as Blue Berets or Blue Helmets because of their light blue berets or helmets, this includes soldiers, police officers, and civilian personnel. [ 1 ]
In 2004, the battalion was one of several South African units who took part as peacekeepers in the United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo . [2] The battalion was deployed again in May 2014 to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade. [3] SADF 5 SAI Commemorative letter