United Nations, May 30 (IANS) India plays an important role in peacekeeping operations by spearheading the campaign to bring to justice those committing crimes against peacekeepers, according to Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.
“The lead from India on the accountability for crime against peacekeepers” is an important contribution to peacekeeping beyond the contribution of troops and police, he said on Thursday.
India is the leader of the 39-member Group of Friends for Promoting Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers, which it founded in 2022. That same year, it pushed through the Security Council a resolution calling on countries hosting peacekeeping operations to investigate and prosecute attacks on peacekeepers, to provide support to those countries to deal with impunity, and to create a UN database of attacks.
So far this year, five peacekeepers have been killed in attacks.
Lacroix, who was in New Delhi at the first Conference for Women Peacekeepers hosted by India this year, said that besides wanting to increase the number of women peacekeepers, the UN wanted more of them in leadership positions.
“We would want to have more senior female generals, you know, applying for positions of Force Commanders”, so that there could be more of them, he said.
He called it a work in progress, pointing to Major General Cheryl Ann Pearce, the military adviser for the Department of Peace Operations, who was seated next to him.
Lacroix said that besides wanting to increase the number of women peacekeepers, having women in leadership roles “guarantees a more effective peacekeeping” through more empowerment of women, he said.
Of the 5,375 Indian blue helmets serving the UN, 151 are women. India contributed the first all-women Formed Police Unit (FPU) to a UN mission when they were deployed to Liberia in 2007. Kiran Bedi in 2003 became the first woman to become the UN’s civilian police adviser.
–IANS
arul/dpb
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by BhaskarLive.in and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of BhaskarLive.in We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, BhaskarLive.in takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
