Indonesia becomes 10th largest contributor to UN peacekeeping forces

Indonesian soldiers participating in UN peacekeeping missions (Pic: ANTARA News)

Jakarta (IINA) – Indonesia has managed to become the 10th largest contributor to the UN Peacekeeping Forces among the 124 contributing countries, ANTARA News reported.
This important achievement is recorded in the ranking list of troop-contributing countries to the UN peacekeeping missions, which was published by the agency on March 17, the official website of Indonesia's Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday.
According to the foreign ministry, the Indonesian government has currently sent 2,843 military and police personnel to take part in 10 UN peacekeeping missions in different parts of the world, namely the UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNAMID in Darfur, Sudan; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in Congo; MINUSMA in Mali; MINURSO in West Sahara; MINUSTAH in Haiti; UNMIL in Liberia; UNMISS in South Sudan; and UNISFA in Abyei, Sudan.
The contribution of Indonesian troops to the UN peacekeeping missions is in line with the implementation of the constitutional mandate (UUD 1945), which states that the nation needs to "participate in the establishment of the world order."
The consignment of troops for the UN Security Forces is also considered as an instrument of Indonesian foreign policy achievement as well as the improvement of capacity and professionalism of the nation’s military and police personnel.
In line with the vision, the Indonesian government will continue to send one composite battalion comprising 800 military personnel, 140 police personnel, and 100 police officers in 2016, the foreign ministry’s website said.
AB/IINA

Let's block ads! (Why?)