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| Date | 8 May 2014 | |||
| Meeting no. | 7170 | |||
| Code | S/RES/2154 (Document) | |||
| Subject | Creation of the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage | |||
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| Result | Adopted | |||
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TheCaptain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage is, along with theDag Hammarskjöld Medal and theUnited Nations Medal, one of three awards of theUnited Nations. 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".[1] It was created on 8 May 2014 by theUnited Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2154[a] and is named forMbaye Diagne, a SenegaleseCaptain andMilitary Observer serving with theUnited Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), who was killed in action in Kigali on 31 May 1994.[2][1]
The first medal was awarded posthumously to Diagne and was received by his widow and two children in the UNGeneral Assembly Hall on 19 May 2016.[3] In 2019, it was awarded to Private Chancy Chitete, from theMalawian contingent of theUnited Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), who was killed during fighting against theAllied Democratic Forces.[4] 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 theUnited Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).[5]
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 textUnited Nations, Exceptional Courage, on the back the textCaptain Mbaye Diagne Medal, in the Service of Peace. The ribbon is light blue-gold striped.[6]
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