Ambassador Gao Yanping Attends United Nations Day Ceremony

2011-10-25 01:37

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On October 24th, Ambassador Gao Yanping attended the United Nation Day Ceremony held by United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) at its Headquarters in Jerusalem, and laid wreath in honor of Major Du Zhaoyu, the Chinese military observer whose life was lost in its peace keeping operations. More than 110 people including Ambassadors and Military Attaches from concerning countries, UN representatives and personnel were present.

On behalf of UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, expressed his deep condolences over the peace keepers' loss of lives and repeated UN commitment to the Middle East peace process.

Over the 63 years since the founding of UNTSO in 1948, 50 servicemen and civilian employees (including 18 military observers) from China, Canada, Egypt, Austria, France, Russia, Jordan, Sweden, U.S., Australia, Ireland, Italy and Finland devoted their lives in its peace keeping operations.