This World Environment Day focuses on solutions to beat plastic pollution.

And rightly so.

On 29 May, MINURSO celebrated the International Day of UN Peacekeepers by holding a ceremony at the parade grounds of the Mission's Headquarters in Laayoune.

On 30 April 2025, the SRSG and Head of MINURSO Alexander Ivanko, together with Force Commander Major General Md Fakhrul Ahsan, presided over the ceremony of awarding the UN Medal to MINURSO Military Observers (UNMOs) in recognition for their service t