10
June
2011
METROPOL Group took part in the unveiling ceremony of the memorial tablet honoring the Russian officer killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On the International Day of Peacekeepers, Kinshasa (capital of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo) hosted the official unveiling
ceremony of the memorial tablet honoring major Vyacheslav Budarin,
the Russian military observer who was killed during a peacekeeping
mission in the Congo on 26 April 2003.
The memorial tablet was unveiled on the premises of the Russian
Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Embassy also
hosted the ceremony opened by A.I. Klimenko, the Russian Ambassador
to the Congo.
The ceremony was attended by the widow and son of the deceased
officer, employees of the Russian Embassy in the Congo, Russian
military observers, UN mission representatives, METROPOL
representatives, as well as top officials of the UN peace mission
in the Congo, represented by senior officers from Great Britain,
France, India, Tunisia and Ghana.
A photo exhibition was arranged in the Russian Embassy on that day,
devoted to the life and work of the deceased officer, as well as
Russian UN military observers engaged in peacekeeping missions in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other hot spots around the
world.
The trip of the widow and son of Vyacheslav Budarin to the Congo
was sponsored by METROPOL Group.
Reference
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers has been held
on 29 May every year since 2003. It was instituted by the UN
General Assembly in 2002. It was proposed to honor the memory of
those killed and those who served and serve in the ranks of the UN
Peacekeeping Force (known as “blue berets” and “blue helmets”),
which was established in 1948 according to the UN Charter.
