Indonesia among top contributors to UN peacekeeping missions

Indonesia is one of the top contributors to the UN peacekeeping missions, said chief of the Indonesian Police’s international relations division, Inspector General Krishna Mukti.

Chief of the Indonesian Police's international relations division, Inspector General Krishna Mukti is inspecting police officers of the Garuda Bhayangkara Corps, who will be deployed for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on October 11

More than 3,300 Indonesian military and police officers have engaged in the missions since the country’s first participation in 1989, he said, adding additional 150 personnel from the police’s Garuda Bhayangkara Corps will be sent to the Minusca VI Formed Police Unit for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central Africa Republic.

The personnel, with 122 male and 29 female police officers, will be tasked with protecting UN assets, supporting humanitarian aid distribution, and protecting human rights, justice and law supremacy, he said.

He emphasised that Indonesia’s participation in global peacekeeping missions is justified by the 1945 Constitution, which requires the nation to participate toward the establishment of a world order based on freedom, perpetual peace, and social justice.

Besides improving the country’s prestige in the global community, engaging in peacekeeping missions will benefit officers assigned for the duty as their experience and capability will be enhanced.

The officers are also expected to share knowledge and best practices obtained through their participation in peacekeeping missions with their peers after they return home./.

VNA