Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’
What was announced
UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to Indonesian peacekeepers on Monday, laying a wreath in honour of four who recently lost their lives in Lebanon and offering a robust defence of UN peacekeeping in what he called “testing times for peace”.
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- Original: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168623
- Published 2026-10-19 12:00:00 UTC
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