When is the day of peacekeepers celebrated. The Day of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces was celebrated in Sukhum. Traditions of celebrating the Day of the Russian military peacekeeper

The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is a rather young holiday that is not widely spread among the public. But, despite this, it carries a deep meaning and calls to honor the nobility and courage of those people who have dedicated their lives to good goals. The USSR, and later Russia as one of the original members of the UN, throughout history has taken an active part in peacekeeping operations.

Who is celebrating

This holiday provides an opportunity to pay tribute to all peacekeepers. Despite the scale of the UN activities, in Russia this event, although widely covered by the press, proceeds without pomposity. On this day, separate festive events dedicated to the date are held only at the federal level. But even this can highlight the significance and necessity of the existence of this movement.

history of the holiday

For the first time, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers was marked in the 2003 calendar, which was facilitated by the Ukrainian Association of Peacekeepers. Having submitted their proposal a year before to the UN General Assembly, they submitted the idea, and soon a resolution was adopted to proclaim such a day (A/RES/57/129 of February 24, 2003). This issue had come up before, but at that time the peace movement was not as relevant and was not covered by the press with such frequency as over the past two decades.

Today, few have heard of peacekeepers. These people serve around the world to bring about reconciliation between enemy sides and to help the victims of conflicts. Having in their arsenal good weapons and excellent specialists, among whom are not only professional military personnel, but also competent psychologists, peacekeepers inspire respect.

But few people know that at the time the movement was founded (and this was after the end of the Second World War), the detachments had practically no weapons and were, in fact, independent observers who set up their camps along the border of the conflict. The existence of the peace movement almost collapsed as unnecessary due to weak authority. But its activists nevertheless proved their attachment to a good cause and achieved an increase in funding, which further ensured the peaceful life of more than one thousand people.

To date, about one hundred thousand people are serving in the ranks of peacekeepers, among whom approximately one-fourth are civilians. This is due to the fact that in addition to conflict resolution, the movement is recognized to provide assistance in the restoration of infrastructure and the rehabilitation of residents after hostilities. Thus, people in blue helmets help in organizing elections, reforming law enforcement agencies, the judicial and financial systems, and also organize the voluntary disarmament of the population.

Today, June 13, a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security was held, which was dedicated to Russia's participation in maintaining or restoring peace and security. The meeting was headed by Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov. The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, members of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other departments. Russia has been conducting peacekeeping missions for 25 years, starting with the settlement of the Ossetian-Georgian conflict. Viktor Ozerov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, stated this. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first such peacekeeping operation, which was carried out to resolve the Ossetian-Georgian conflict,” Ozerov said. According to him, this task is entrusted to the Committee for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, which was headed by Sergei Shoigu. Ozerov stressed that this first successful experience "laid the tradition of conducting peacekeeping operations." “Now we can name both Abkhazia and Kosovo. Even the operation in Aleppo, although it was of a more humanitarian nature, in principle, was also peacekeeping - this activity of the Russian Federation, of our military personnel, of course, deserves attention,” he added. The head of the committee recalled that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and on a par with other states is responsible for maintaining and restoring peace. This year, for the first time, Russia began training women as military observers at the UN. This was announced by the Chief of the Operational Directorate - Deputy Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces, Major General Igor Smolii. According to him, UN military observers and peacekeepers are trained at the Combined Arms Academy in Naro-Fominsk. officers of the UN secretariat are serving 63 military personnel. The geography of the observer service covers the problematic regions of the Middle East and Africa. “...They cope with their duties,” he noted. It was also reported at the event that the Day of the Russian military peacekeeper will soon appear among the official holidays, it is planned to be celebrated on the day of the start of Russia's first peacekeeping operation in the Ossetian-Georgian conflict. This was announced by Viktor Ozerov. “We actively support the draft decree, which the Ministry of Defense has already submitted for consideration, on the Day of the Peacemaker in Russia, so that we can tell the truth about those of our servicemen who saved tens and hundreds of thousands of people,” Ozerov noted. He added that the specific date for celebrating the Day of the Peacemaker should be discussed with veteran organizations. In turn, Igor Smolii said that the interdepartmental coordination of the document was almost completed. He noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense organized work on the creation of a departmental medal "Participant of a peacekeeping operation."

November 25, 1973

Sarajevo, 1995-1997.

Angola 1995-1996.

Kosovo, 1999-2003.

Sudan, 2006-2012.

Day of the Russian military peacekeeper

The day of the Russian military peacekeeper is celebrated annually on November 24th. This day is intended not only to draw attention to political problems in a number of countries, but also calls on everyone who has the opportunity to take part in organizing the maintenance of a peaceful situation and preventing paramilitary disagreements turning into full-fledged wars.

The UN peacekeeping forces, of which Russian peacekeepers are a part, are formed armed contingents of individual UN members that are sent to designated regions to eliminate the outgoing threat to peace. Blue helmets carry out assignments of a different nature - from standard surveillance and patrols to the blockade of the territory and operational intervention.

Over time, the level of operations of the peacekeeping forces apparently changed. Control over the border line between the warring parties required the introduction of a number of civilian specialists into the police group. As practice shows, the nature of conflict clashes in the second half of the 21st century and the beginning of the 20th century is becoming acute and large-scale, therefore the actions of peacekeepers are invaluable.

The history of establishing a memorable date

The celebration itself is considered relatively young, since it was established only in August 2016 in accordance with the state decree of the current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. The dating of the day of the Russian military peacekeeper was not chosen by chance, but based on historical events. A group of peacekeepers from the Soviet Union November 25, 1973 took part in the settlement of the international conflict in the Middle East, which broke out between two hostile parties.

One of the parties to the conflict was a number of Arab states, militarized radical associations, part of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. They were opposed by the Zionist movement from Israel.

When the disagreements went beyond the borders of Palestine and acquired a large global scale, Soviet military personnel, on the orders of the country's leadership, arrived in Egypt as part of the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations. The main goal of this mission was to keep the peace after the Arab-Israeli war.

Participation of Russian peacekeeping forces in international conflicts

Since the end of 1991, the Russian Federation, as the legal successor of the Soviet Union and as a member of the permanent UN Security Council, resumed participation in peacekeeping operations. Already at that time, observers from our country were working in the territories of Israel, Syria, Egypt, Mozambique, Lebanon, and Cambodia. Russia's initiative came in handy. With the collapse of the USSR, local conflicts broke out in several states at once - in South Ossetia, Georgia, Abkhazia, and Tajikistan.

Russian peacekeepers participated in the international operations of the United Nations in the framework of the Yugoslav crisis. In addition, the following missions are on the account of the peacekeepers of the Russian Federation:

Bosnian war, 1992-1995.

Sarajevo, 1995-1997.

Angola 1995-1996.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995-2003.

Kosovo, 1999-2003.

Sudan, 2006-2012.

Conflict in the Central African Republic, 2008-2010.

The contribution of the peacekeepers of the Russian Federation in the framework of preventing armed conflicts and deterring the aggression of opposing groups is indisputably high. This allows you to judge the volume and result of the tasks performed.

Starting from 2016, a new holiday is celebrated in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on November 25 - established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in August 2016.

As the date of the celebration was not chosen by chance. On this day in 1973, a group of Soviet military personnel took part at the official level as part of a peacekeeping operation in the Middle East.

The UN peacekeeping forces themselves are the armed contingents of the UN member states, which are formed and sent to conflict regions in order to prevent or eliminate threats to peace and security through joint actions. They, otherwise known as "blue helmets", were created as one of the tools for maintaining peace, preventing conflicts and securing a peace initiative.

The involvement of military peacekeepers in peacekeeping operations in certain regions occurs in the event of unsatisfactory results from economic and political measures taken previously. The methods of using Blue Helmets can vary from surveillance and patrols to military demonstrations and blockades.

The nature of operations conducted by UN peacekeepers has changed and become more complex over time. From the banal, but to this day effective, control over the line of demarcation of the warring parties, to ensuring law and order in the territories taken under control and preventing humanitarian disasters. This required the addition of representatives of the police and civilian specialists to the contingent of the "blue helmets" in addition to the military. This was due both to the factor of the gradual acquisition and accumulation of experience by peacekeeping forces, and to the fact that the nature of the conflicts themselves in the second half of the 20th century became more and more complex.

Trying to emphasize the importance of the mission entrusted to the shoulders of peacekeepers, the UN General Assembly in 2002 established the International Day of the UN Peacekeeper, celebrated annually. This memorable date, as conceived by the initiators of its establishment, calls to honor the memory of the fallen peacekeepers, as well as to pay tribute to the hard work of those who have ever served or continue to serve in the ranks of the UN peacekeeping forces.

It is worth noting that over the first forty years of its existence, the UN conducted about 13 peacekeeping operations with the involvement of the Blue Helmets. In 1973, representatives of the USSR also took part in a similar operation, when a group of Soviet officers arrived in the Middle East as military observers. After the collapse of the USSR, Russia, being the main successor of the disappeared state, continued to participate in the work of the UN, including in terms of the activities of the military peacekeeping contingent. A separate aspect of the activities of Russian military peacekeepers was their participation in ensuring peace in the CIS, as well as within the framework of the CSTO.

In 1995, the activities of the Russian peacekeeping forces received a legislative basis, thanks to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, which regulates the procedure for Russia's participation in peacekeeping missions.

Russian military peacekeeping forces took part in ensuring peace in such countries and regions as Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Kosovo, Tajikistan, Angola. If we also take into account the activities of military observers, who do not have the right to bear arms due to their status, but are protected by diplomatic rights, then the geography of the participation of Russian military peacekeepers will be much wider.

The special status of military peacekeepers obliges them to do a lot, because the responsibility for their actions is very high. In this regard, the training of Russian military peacekeepers is carried out by the 15th separate guards motorized rifle peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District, specially allocated for this purpose. The decision of the President of the Russian Federation determines the number and composition allocated by the brigade to participate in peacekeeping operations.

The contribution of Russia's military peacekeepers to the prevention of military conflicts and the containment of the aggressive actions of the opposing sides in different regions of the world is very high.

November 25 is a new, but very important professional holiday, as it is celebrated by people who are called to adequately represent Russia as a guarantor of peace anywhere on our planet.

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There is also a memorable Day of Russian Peacekeeping Forces. The date was established as a sign of respect for the merits of military professionals in the prevention and elimination of collisions and the security of our state.

But, unfortunately, few people know what date the Day of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces is marked in our calendar.

Peacekeeping activities

Russia is a peace-loving country, and the priority of Russian policy is always peacekeeping.

A manifestation of this policy is Russia's successfully carried out peacekeeping interventions in Transnistria, in the republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Tajikistan, where it was the Russian army that prevented mutual unjustified massacre, and then convinced the conflicting parties of the need for peaceful coexistence.

Peacekeeping activity in the CIS is a significant condition for the integrity and stability of Russia and, in the end, serves to maintain internal order in the state. Therefore, the Day of the Peacekeeping Forces of Russia should be known to all its citizens.

The peacekeeping forces of Russia were created as a result of almost two years of open confrontation with weapons in their hands between Abkhazia and Georgia.

In April 1994, at the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, with the consent of the warring parties, it was decided that they were ready to send peacekeeping forces from the military units of the CIS states into the area of ​​armed clashes. In early June, the President of the Russian Federation issued a Decree on the cooperation of the Russian military contingent in the CIS peacekeeping enterprise in the regions of Abkhazia bordering Georgia.

Establishment of a memorial day

This day is considered the day of the creation of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and is called the Day of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces. What else do you need to know about it?

From the moment the CIS CPKF was formed and the Day of Russian Peacekeeping Forces (June 21) began to be celebrated, Russian peacekeepers have come a remarkable way, creating conditions for maintaining sustainable peace. And thus won great respect and benevolence from the population.

Due to the presence of Russian peacekeepers, the armed conflict, as a result of which the opposing sides lost more than seven thousand people, was stopped. And a lot of work has been done to prevent the incitement of armed clashes, the fragmentary demining of the district, and the provision of assistance to the local population in arranging life after the end of hostilities.

The interruption of the armed confrontation was costly - dozens of lives of Russian soldiers became the price for peace. Therefore, the memorable Day of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces has earned the right to exist.

Peacekeepers and population

Any military action brings grief and pain to people.

And the presence of peacekeepers is perhaps the only hope that the senseless mutual beating will finally be stopped.

Ordinary people are far from national antagonism and political claims. On the Day of Russian Peacekeeping Forces, it is good to remember that peace and tranquility are immeasurably more important. The future of children is what must always be put first. And therefore, on the Day of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces (June 21), congratulations and warm words are addressed to these courageous people.

While in the conflict zone, peacekeepers also carry out humanitarian tasks.

Every day, the commanders of the KSPM, the military personnel are approached on various issues, for assistance by residents of the entire district.

Throughout the region, peacekeepers have earned a good reputation for the qualified medical assistance to civilians from professional military doctors with experience in "hot spots".

People understand that peacekeeping forces bring peace to the population of this land, and Russian peacekeepers are the only guarantor of lasting peace in this region.