JAKARTA: Indonesia mentioned on Friday (Apr 10) it had submitted a joint assertion on peacekeeper safety with dozens of allied nations to the United Nations after three of its blue helmets have been killed in Lebanon.
Within the joint assertion, the international locations urged the UN Safety Council to conduct a radical investigation into the incidents in Southern Lebanon that killed three Indonesian peacekeepers and wounded a number of others, together with from France, Ghana, Nepal and Poland.
The Overseas Ministry in Jakarta mentioned 73 international locations and UN observer nations supported the assertion, delivered by Indonesia’s everlasting consultant to the UN, Umar Hadi, in New York.
“The protection and safety of UN peacekeepers are non-negotiable. We urge the UN Safety Council to make use of all obtainable devices to strengthen safety for peacekeeping forces amid an more and more harmful scenario,” the ministry quoted Umar as saying.
“Troop-contributing international locations additionally name for an finish to violence in Lebanon, de-escalation of tensions, and encourage all events to return to the negotiating desk to attain a peaceable settlement,” it added.
Three Indonesian peacekeepers died in two separate blasts in southern Lebanon in late March.
A 3rd blast lower than per week later – inside a UN facility in southern Lebanon – injured three extra Indonesian troopers.
The lethal incidents sparked calls from Indonesian authorities for an investigation and safety ensures for peacekeeping forces.
The Overseas Ministry has known as the assaults “unacceptable”.
It urged the UN Safety Council “to instantly convene a gathering of troop-contributing international locations to UNIFIL (the UN Interim Power in Lebanon) to conduct a evaluation and take measures to boost the safety of personnel serving with UN Interim Power in Lebanon”.
President Prabowo Subianto has mentioned he “strongly condemns each heinous act that undermines peace and causes the deaths of our nation’s troopers”.
