UN Awards Medal To Indonesia's Late Chief Private Julius

JAKARTA, May 26 (Antara) - The UN has awarded a Dag Hammarskjöld medal to Indonesia's Chief Private Julius Nggaba Ndapakamang who was killed in the UN peace mission in Sudan. The UN Secretary General presented the medal to Indonesian Permanent Representative to UN in New York, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, representing Indonesia, the Indonesian Permanent Representative said in a press statement released on Wednesday. Dag Hammarskjöld is the UN's highest token of appreciation bestowed upon Ndapakamang who was killed while serving the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in 2016. Djani stated that while he was proud of Indonesian soldiers' contribution to global peace, he was saddened to hear that an Indonesian soldier was killed while performing UN peace mission. Indonesia lost a total of 35 personnel while they performed noble duties to maintain the global peace between 1957 and 2017, he noted. The medal was presented during the commemoration of UN Peacekeeping Force Day 2017 to respect the services of the UN peacekeeping soldiers and the support of UN troop-contributing countries in the UN peace mission. In line with the mandate of its constitution, Indonesia has been involved in the UN peacekeeping mission since 1957. Today, Indonesia is ranked 11th in terms of the number of military and police personnel joining the UN peace mission.