The Department of Foreign Affairs recognized five members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and four members of the Philippine National Police on Thursday for their exemplary service in various United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions during the 6th International Day of UN Peacekeepers rites in Camp Crame, Quezon City.

Military spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said the awardees were led by retired Maj. Gen. Natalio Ecarama, the first Filipino to serve as the head of peacekeeping mission and force commander of the UN Disengagement Observe Force in Golan Heights from 2010 to 2012.

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