张宗发、席海春
By Zhang Zongfa and Xi Haichun
北京7月14日电 当地时间7月12日，2021年度联合国刚果（金）稳定特派团（联刚稳定团）南部战区维和部队联合授勋仪式在“中国半岛”营区举行。
BEIJING, July 14 -- The medal-awarding ceremony of the Southern Sector of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in 2021 was held at the "Chinese Peninsula" camp on July 12, local time.
来自中国、巴基斯坦、印度尼西亚、乌拉圭等4个国家的维和部队官兵参加了活动，中国第24批赴刚果（金）维和部队218名官兵全部被授予联合国和平勋章。
Peacekeepers from four countries including China, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Uruguay participated in the event. All 218 members of the 24th Chinese peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were awarded the UN Peace Medal of Honor.
上午9时许，授勋仪式正式开始，联刚稳定团司令马科斯•德萨•阿方索•科斯塔中将对维和部队进行检阅，并为官兵代表颁授联合国和平勋章。
At 9 a.m. on July 12, Lieutenant General Marcos De Sá Affonso Da Costa, Force Commander for the MONUSCO, inspected the peacekeeping forces and awarded the UN Peace Medal of Honor to representatives of peacekeepers.
“你们为维护世界和平和地区稳定、促进经济社会发展、改善当地民众生活条件做了大量工作，是任务区最优秀、最受欢迎的队伍。”联刚稳定团司令在致辞中充分肯定中国维和部队的出色表现。
The commander of MONUSCO spoke highly of the outstanding performance of Chinese peacekeepers. "You have done a lot of work to maintain world peace and regional stability, promote economic and social development, and improve the living conditions of local people. You are the best and most popular team in the mission area," he said.
据了解，中国第24批赴刚果（金）维和部队自2020年9月轮换部署以来，在刚果（金）政局动乱、形势复杂、疾病肆虐的情况下，工兵分队克服重重困难，先后高标准完成39项工程任务，10余次执行紧急救援任务；医疗分队直面疫情考验，累计接诊病人483例，手术174台次，先后受领新冠病毒核酸检测和疫苗接种任务。两支分队以优异的成绩受到联刚稳定团和当地民众的高度赞誉。
It is learnt that since the 24th Chinese peacekeeping troops to the DRC was deployed in September 2020, in the face of political turmoil, complex situations and raging disease, the engineering contingent has overcome many difficulties and completed 39 engineering tasks and more than 10 emergency rescue tasks with high standards; the medical contingent received a total of 483 patients, carried out 174 operations, and undertook the COVID-19 nucleic acid testing and vaccination tasks. The two contingents were both highly praised by MONUSCO and the local people for their outstanding performance.
