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Next Issue: It’s timefor UN Peacekeeper’sDay. What does being a UNpeacekeeper mean to you?Plus: 50th AnniversaryFocus on 4 morecontributing countries:India, New Zealand,Argentina & Hungary /////In the Service of Peace:UNPOL Medal ParadeOn 22 April 1964, the first UN Civilian Police arrived on the island as part ofthe newly formed United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Fifty yearslater, on 22 April 2014, the UN and international community gathered topay tribute to past and current serving police officers in the UNPOL Medal Parade.Twenty-five police officers from 9 different countries received their UN medals fromUNFICYP Chief of Mission Lisa Buttenheim as part of the ceremony. Eleven countriescurrently contribute police to UNFICYP: Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,India, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine.BLUE BERETwww.facebook.com/UNFICYPwww.twitter.com/UN_Cypruswww.unficyp.org