UN Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage ribbon

The Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage is, along with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal and the

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, one of three awards of the

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. It is awarded to "military, police, civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the United Nations". It was created on 8 May 2014 by the

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in its Resolution 2154 and is named for

Mbaye Diagne Mbaye Diagne (18 March 195831 May 1994) was a Senegalese military officer who served in Rwanda as a United Nations military observer from 1993 to 1994. During the Rwandan genocide, he undertook many missions on his own initiative to save the li ...

, a Senegalese

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and

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serving with the

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(UNAMIR), who was killed in action in Kigali on 31 May 1994. The first medal was awarded posthumously to Diagne and was received by his widow and two children in the UN General Assembly Hall on 19 May 2016. In 2019, it was awarded to Private Chancy Chitete, from the

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contingent of the

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(MONUSCO), who was killed during fighting against the

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. On 26 May 2022, the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal was awarded posthumously to Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Chad for his bravery during his deployment with the

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(MINUSMA).

Award requirements and design

The medal is awarded, irrespective of the United Nations Medal, to persons who, while participating in a UN mission in an extremely dangerous situation, have shown extraordinary courage. On the front side of the gold-coloured medal is the emblem of the United Nations with the text ''United Nations, Exceptional Courage'', on the back the text ''Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal, in the Service of Peace''. The ribbon is light blue-gold striped.

References

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