Russia said the troops have not yet been deployed but will be “peacekeeping” in the regions, which it has backed since 2014.
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Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, said through both her words and actions, UN Police Officer Ugorji exemplifies the best of UN policing.
The fallen heroes were posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal during a virtual award ceremony to mark the 2020 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General, said at a press briefing on Tuesday that most of the victims were UN Peacekeepers