The annual United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Awarding Ceremony was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 24 to honor 119 military, police and civilian personnel who had sacrificed their lives whilst performing duties in several UN field Missions during the period January 1, 2018, to February 4, 2019.
Platoon Commander Maj. H.W.D.Jayawickrama of the Light Infantry Battalion of the Sri Lanka Army and Sgt. S.S.Wijekumara of the Sri Lanka Army, who lost their lives on January 25, 2019, whilst on duty in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), was awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld medal at this ceremony.
