Top UN officials voice support for India's initiative to establish memorial wall honouring fallen peacekeepers

United Nations, May 26 (PTI) Top United Nations officials have voiced support for India's initiative to establish a memorial wall honouring the fallen UN peacekeepers as they lauded the country’s role and contributions to the world body's peacekeeping missions across the globe.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was commemorated here Thursday with solemn ceremonies, including a wreath laid by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Peacekeepers Memorial to honour the women and men who sacrificed their lives while serving under the UN flag.

Guterres also presided over a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall at which the Dag Hammarskjöld Medals were awarded posthumously to 103 military, police, and civilian peacekeepers, who were killed in the line of duty last year, including three Indian personnel.