United Nations Commemorates Fifty Years Of Peacekeeping

The United Nations in 1998 is paying special tribute to the three-quarters of a million men and women who participated in peacekeeping activities over the last 50 years. The commemoration included a special session of the General Assembly where the Secretary-General recognized their achievements, the blue and white lighting displayed on New York's Empire State building, and a photo exhibit at headquarters chronicling the work of forty-seven peacekeeping operations.