three Sri Lankan UN Peace Keepers to get UN medal posthumously

UN Press statement issued today (31.05.08) said ;

" Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, this morning awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to the 90 military, police and civilian personnel from 42 countries who lost their lives last year serving in UN peacekeeping operations.  The medals were received by representatives of the 42 countries concerned.  In his prepared remarks at that event, Guéhenno said, "After 60 years of peacekeeping, we cannot claim victory in the pursuit of peace.  But we can take credit for stabilizing societies that were once the scenes of intractable conflict, saving countless lives in the process."

its interesting to know that 3 Sri Lankan Peace keepers will also receive the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal during the ceremony , awarded posthumously for their  sacrifices in Haiti , serving for the Peacekeeping Mission there.

i hope some in Sri Lanka take note and share the news and the compensation that comes with it.

Mag for married men..this is bloody outrageous!

this is very much in need , of course the South Asian version... with stuff like how to get hold of the dowry etc...

once upon a time boy called Pillian....

once upon a time a bunch of blood thirsty terrorists got sick of blood and decided to pick and plunder for a living... got sick of it and decided to be statesmen.. now they take oaths, may be this might not be a bad thing after all.. suits they donned for just for the show might actually force them to change colors and attitude!!!!

either way, good that they left the old f..king Prabhakaran and got on with life.

(Asian tribune pix )

Window-old and rundown

farmers house,Lamjung, Nepal

22,000 souls-may Peace be with them

hallway of lights , pillars of mystic and corridors of faith

corridor leading to the shrine room at Hindu Kovil in Modara. not the best shot,definitely not a Dominic Sansoni type but my rickety camera and shaky hands had to capture this ...feeling was out of this world, standing on hollowed ground, sacred and venerated by Hindus and Buddhists alike.

NATO/ UN gets into Kosovo quagmire

ooooops , a 'minor' hiccup in joint NATO/ UN 'curving out States'  process!

Frence NATO peacekeeping vehicles burn during clashes with Serb protesters in the ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica March 17,2008.

 

Pix by Reuters/Yahoo