Category: Ita’s World

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is celebrated each year on 29 May. It was designated by the U.N. General Assembly Resolution 57/129 on 11 December 2002 and first celebrated in 2003. It is intended to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage, and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the…

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Ita Marguet is an Irish born author who lives in France. Now retired from the International Labour Office (ILO), where she worked for twenty-five years, meeting her husband and creating a family at the foot of the Alps, she spends much of her time travelling and writing as well as enjoying the pleasures of time with her grandchildren. For many many years, Ita has been writing about Ireland and Irish connections in all kinds of settings, no matter where,…

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