Three Indian peacekeepers who died in the service of the UN have been honoured with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal amid calls for better protection for personnel in its missions.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres handed over the awards to .
Three Indian peacekeepers, who lost their lives serving under the UN flag last year, are among the 103 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers who will be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal in the United Nations for their service and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
Three Indian peacekeepers, who lost their lives serving under the UN flag last year, are among the 103 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers who will be honoured posthumously with a prestigious medal.
"In this vast world, I may be just like a small feather. But even so, I want this feather to carry the wish for peace." These are not lines of a beautifully written prose poem about the lightness of being. They are excerpts from the diary of He Zhihong, a female Chinese peacekeeper who died in the line of duty while serving in a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2010. She was just 35 when she died. Chinese President Xi Jinping shared He's story at the UN Peacekeeping Summit in New York in 2015.