On 3 October,  MINURSO celebrated the ‘German Unity Day’ by raising the German flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune.

German Unity Day, which falls on 3 October, has been a German national holiday since 1990, when the former German Democratic Republic officially joined the Federal Republic of Germany.

 Germany had been an important contributor to UN peacekeeping operations for years. Its 107 peacekeepers are deployed in peacekeeping missions worldwide, including in MINURSO.

 The German flag is made of three equal horizontal bands: black on the top, red in the middle and gold on the bottom. The black and gold combination relates to the colors on the semi-official coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire.

 Alles Gute zum Nationalfeiertag Deutschland !