International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 2022: 25 March
The United Nations observes the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on 25 March every year.
The UN observes the day to mobilize action, demand justice and strengthen its resolve to protect UN staff and peacekeepers, as well as the colleagues in the non-governmental community and the press.
The day commemorates the anniversary of the abduction of Alec Collett in 1985 by armed gunman.
He was a former journalist who was working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
His body was found in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon in 2009.