Du Zhaoyu (1972 165438+2006 10-July), male, was born in Jinan, Shandong Province, and graduated from China People's Liberation Army Institute of International Relations with a master's degree.
He used to be a staff officer of the Ministry of National Defense of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China), a military attache secretary of the Indian Embassy of China, and a United Nations military observer in China. [ 1]
In July 2006, he was killed in an Israeli air strike against Lebanon at the age of 34. On May 30th, 2007, the United Nations posthumously awarded the Du Zhaoyu Hammarskj? ld Medal to China's military observer who died in the line of duty.
On June 25th, 2006, at 0 1 1, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization held a memorial ceremony at Shyam observation post in southern Lebanon in memory of four United Nations military observers, including Du Zhaoyu, who died in the 2006 Lebanon war.
The commemorative ceremony was held on the occasion of the 10 anniversary of the sacrifice of four peacekeeping martyrs, including Du Zhaoyu. Major General Arthur David Gunn, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, Major General michael beale Lee, Commander of UNIFIL, and the ambassadors and chargé d 'affaires of the countries where the observers died attended the event.
The background of Du Zhaoyu's death.
In 2006, in order to seize various resources in southern Lebanon, Israel attacked Lebanon on the pretext that its soldiers were attacked, and launched a military aggression against it, which was supported by some countries. In order to ensure that Lebanon does not suffer from a humanitarian disaster, China has provided Lebanon with assistance within its capacity and sent United Nations military observers to China.
Israeli military operations in Lebanon have caused a large number of casualties among women and children, and caused great damage to the infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Afraid of being known, it is not good for yourself, so we strongly oppose the intervention of observers and threaten observers from all countries. In order not to be attacked by UN observers, observers from all over the world painted obvious UN signs on the houses in the observation area and told the Israeli side not to attack.