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Two RI peacekeepers received Dag Hammarskjold Medal posthumously
Two late Indonesian UN peacekeepers received the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal in a ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday
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wo late Indonesian UN peacekeepers received the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal in a ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday.
Sgt. Iwan Santoso and chief Pvt. Leduwin Aruan received the award posthumously together with 126 military, police and civilian members of The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) who died in 2014.
Indonesia is the 12th highest military and police personnel contributor to the UN peacekeeping force, according to the United Nations Information Center (UNIC).
More than 2,700 Indonesian peacekeepers are now in Central Africa, Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, South Sudan and Western Sahara.
The UN celebrates the international peacekeeping day every May 29 (since 2002) when the UN hands over awards for "blue helmet" personnel killed on duty a year before, to appreciate their professionalism, dedication and bravery in keeping the peace.
On May 29, 1948, the first peacekeeping force, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), began its operations in Palestine.
At present, there are some 125,000 UN peacekeepers, consisting of 91,000 military personnel, 13,000 police officers and 17,000 civilians and national staff, operating in 16 countries. (++++)
