26.05.2023.
Posthumous UN award for Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Stanković
Serbian Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Stanojević, who was killed in the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 29, 2022, has been awarded a posthumous UN medal.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is a posthumous award given by the United Nations to honour the members of UN international forces who have lost their lives as a result of service in peacekeeping operations.
At the ceremony held yesterday in New York to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, the medal was handed by António Guterres, Secretary General of this organization. On behalf of the family of Lieutenant Colonel Stanojević, the award was received by members of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the UN.
Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Stanojević was born on December 22, 1979, and served in the Serbian Armed Forces since September 28, 2002. He was killed in a helicopter crash on March 29 while performing a regular air reconnaissance task in the UN mission in DR Congo.
The Serbian Armed Forces have lost an honourable and excellent officer, expert of the electronic warfare units. He received multiple awards and commendations during his distinguished military career. He is survived by a wife and two underage children.
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