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2018 Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony

1 June 2018

At a ceremony held as part of the commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May), the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal was awarded posthumously to 128 military, police and civilian personnel who lost their lives in 2017 while serving in UN peacekeeping operations.
Bintou Keita (front centre), Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and other participants pay their respects.

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