Current Context : Celebrated on 29th May every year.

• Objective : to honour the sacrifice and dedication of people who work for peace worldwide.
• It honours more than 4,000 peacekeepers who lost their lives in the name of peace.
• Theme : “Fit for the future, building better together.”
• This day looks at the invaluable contributions military, police and civilian peacekeepers have made over the last seven decades.

About

• It was started by the UN General Assembly in 2002.