- Indian peacekeeper Jitender Kumar is among the 119 military, police and civilian personnel who will be honoured with a prestigious UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal this year for courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.
- Police Officer Jitender Kumar made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Central African country of Congo.
- He will be honoured posthumously with the medal on May 24 as the world organisation observes the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
- India is the fourth largest contributor of uniformed personnel to the UN peacekeeping.
- It currently contributes more than 6,400 military and police personnel to the UN peace operations in Abyei, Cyprus, Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, West Asia, South Sudan and Western Sahara.
