UN to honour two Indian peacekeepers posthumously for their sacrifice in line of duty

The United Nations will posthumously award the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to two Indian peacekeepers who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag last year. Brigadier General Amitabh Jha, who served with the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), and Havildar Sanjay Singh, who was deployed with the UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), will be honoured at a solemn ceremony here on May 29 on the occasion of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, a statement said.

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