Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has received the ‘Dag Hammarskjold Medal’ awarded posthumously to two Bangladeshi fallen peacekeepers.  Fallen peacekeepers Major A K M Mahmudul Hasan was serving in MINUSCA and Lance Corporal Md. Rabiul Mollah was serving in UNMISS. Also read: UN Peacekeeping: 12 global HR bodies seek ban on RAB Ambassador Fatima re also signed the condolence book kept in the UNHQs.  Bangladesh is currently the top contributor of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping operations and around 6802 Bangladeshi peacekeepers are deployed in 9 peacekeeping missions at present.  So far, 161 peacekeepers from Bangladesh have lost their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping operations.