United Nations Mali ( MINUSMA )

 Ribbon is available per centimetre ( minimum 15cms )

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (French: Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali, MINUSMA)^[2] is a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali. MINUSMA was established on 25 April 2013 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2100 to stabilise the country after the Tuareg rebellion of 2012.^[3] It was officially deployed on 1 July, and has become the UN's most dangerous peacekeeping mission, with 204 peacekeepers killed out of a force of about 15,000.^[4]

Next to MINUSMA, there are current further peace operations in Mali. These are the European Union missions EUCAP Sahel Mali and EUTM Mali.

Design

The medal is a circular medal of bronze alloy. The obverse depicts the ‘World-in-a Wreath’ emblem of the UN and the reverse has the inscription: ‘FOR SERVICE IN DEFENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS’.