UN MEDALS. Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Løj, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Natons Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), pins a UN peacekeeping medal on Lt. Col. Ariel Dela Vega, commander of the Philippine contingent in Liberia during ceremonies in Monrovia last week. The Philippines maintains a 135-member unit that provides security and administrative support for the UN mission in that country. UN Photo by E. Tobey