               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2154 (2014)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              8 May 2014




               Resolution 2154 (2014)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 7170th meeting, on
               8 May 2014

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling Article 24 of the United Nations Charter which confers upon the
               Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
               peace and security,
                    Recognizing the medals presented by the United Nations to those men and
               women in uniform who serve in United Nations field operations, and recalling its
               Resolution 1121 (1997) establishing the Dag Hammarskjold Medal, as a tribute to
               the sacrifice of those who have lost their own lives as a result of service in
               peacekeeping operations, under the operational control and authority of the United
               nations,
                     Recalling fundamental principles of the United Nations peacekeeping, as well
               as other relevant principles of the United Nations activities on the ground,
                     Noting with deep appreciation how Captain Mbaye Diagne of UNAMIR and of
               Senegal, saved, unarmed and in the face of extreme danger hundreds of, perhaps
               even a thousand, Rwandans from death, during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
               in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also
               killed,
                     Recognizing with the deepest regret, how the family of Captain Diagne never
               received, after his death, any expressions of appreciation from the headquarters of
               the United Nations for the sacrifices made by their distinguished family member,
                    Remembering the many other acts of bravery that military, police and civilian
               United Nations personnel and associated personnel have undertaken, while fulfilling
               the mandate of their missions or their functions, at great risk to their lives,
                     1.   Decides to create “the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional
               Courage” to be awarded to those 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;
                    2.   Requests the Secretary-General to establish within six months after the
               adoption of this resolution, the design of the medal, and to submit in due course to

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               the Security Council the modalities for determining how the recipients of the medal
               shall be nominated and chosen, based on the criteria set forth in the previous
               paragraph;
                     3.    Requests that the medal be presented by the Secretary-General to the
               recipient, or next of kin, in a ceremony to which all member states of the United
               Nations shall be invited;
                     4.  Decides this medal will be ready for investiture within six months of the
               establishment of its modalities and the administrative management of the award will
               be provided by the Secretariat.




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