Indonesia to increase peacekeeping force: VP - ANTARA News
Indonesia to increase peacekeeping force: VP
Selasa, 29 September 2015 12:05 WIB | 701 Views
New York (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will assign about four thousand personnel for the United Nations peacekeeping operations until 2019 due to an increase in the number of conflicts globally, Vice President Jusuf Kalla stated in New York, Monday.
"Again, Indonesia has promised to increase the number of equipment and the peacekeepers from the current 2.7 thousand to four thousand personnel by 2019," the Indonesian vice president remarked at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Kalla is in New York along with Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Ambassador/Permanent representative for the United Nations Desca Percaya to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly.
He explained that although there are 100 thousand peacekeepers, but he believes that the number is still not adequate and should be increased.
"Since 1957 until the present times, Indonesia has been sending its peacekeeping force for 58 years," Kalla noted.
In the meantime, Foreign Minister Marsudi remarked that Indonesia had proposed the inclusion of more non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.
"Indonesia continues to lobby with other countries, so that there are additional non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council," she added.
RI underscores importance of comprehensive approaches to overcome terrorism - ANTARA News
RI underscores importance of comprehensive approaches to overcome terrorism
Selasa, 29 September 2015 19:49 WIB | 410 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi highlighted the importance of adopting comprehensive approaches to deal with terrorism at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) held in New York on September 27.
Marsudi also stressed the need to involve all stakeholders and to strengthen intelligence cooperation in counterterrorism efforts, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry noted in a press statement released on Tuesday.
At the meeting co-chaired by the United States secretary of state and the Turkish foreign minister, GCTF member states praised Indonesia for its persuasive approaches and people-based activities to thwart terrorism, the ministry said.
The Dutch foreign minister specifically lauded the Indonesian government for carrying out people-based activities to promote tolerance and moderation.
The GCTF is an informal forum initiated by the United States to enhance global cooperation to fight terrorism.
Indonesia and Australia are the initiators and co-chairmen of the GCTF Detention and Reintegration Working Group.
MIKTA is an innovative partnership that brings together Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea (ROK), Turkey, and Australia. Earlier, Marsudi had also proposed that Indonesia would host an interfaith dialog on counterterrorism cooperation among MIKTA members.
Interfaith dialog is an essential part of the persuasive approaches to deal with terrorism, Marsudi pointed out.
She also proposed intelligence cooperation and information exchange among MIKTA members as the other concrete forms of cooperation to fight terrorism.
"Indonesia is always committed to fighting terrorism. The issue of terrorism must be handled comprehensively through prevention, early detection, legal measures, and rehabilitation," she added.