Bandung, West Java (ANTARA) - Indonesia is one of the top contributors to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions, according to chief of the Indonesian Police's international relations division, Inspector General Krishna Mukti."We should be proud since Indonesian police and military are the seventh-largest contributors globally to the UN peacekeeping missions," he said here on Tuesday.
Indonesia has sent 3,364 military and police officers since its first participation in UN peacekeeping missions in 1989, he informed.
The inspector general revealed that on October 11, 2024, Indonesia will send another 150 personnel from the police's Garuda Bhayangkara Corps as the Minusca VI Formed Police Unit (FPU) for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
The personnel, comprising 122 male and 28 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 emphasized 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."
"Hence, the Indonesian Police should present their best services while on their peacekeeping assignments," Mukti said.
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Besides elevating Indonesia's prestige in the global community, participation in peacekeeping missions would also benefit military and police officers assigned for the duty, he added.
"They will have their experience and capability bolstered, and it will benefit them while returning home and resuming their duty to the Indonesian people," he expounded.
Officers are also expected to share knowledge and best practices obtained through participation in peacekeeping missions with their peers after they return home, he added.