Ban would then make remarks at a ceremony at which the Dag Hammarskjold medal would be awarded to 106 peacekeepers who lost their lives in 2013.
The medals for military and police personnel would be received by representatives of the respective Permanent Missions to be forwarded on to the next of kin.
India has been among the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping operations. It has contributed more than 170,000 troops to 43 of the 68 UN peacekeeping missions since the inception of UN peacekeeping more than 60 years ago.
Currently, a total of 8,132 Indian soldiers are deployed in 10 critical UN peacekeeping missions across the world including 429 in Haiti, 4,034 in Congo, 193 in Golan Heights, 894 in Lebanon, 250 in Liberia and eight in Cote d'Ivoire.
The Dag Hammarskjold Medal was established in December 2000 and is awarded posthumously to members of peacekeeping operations who lost their lives during service.
Hammarskjold, a Swedish diplomat, died in a mysterious 1961 plane crash. He was posthumously awarded a Nobel Peace Prize the year he died.
