The United Nations peacekeeping chief is enterprise a go to to India, among the many largest troop contributing nations for its operations.
Beneath Secretary-Normal for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will go to India, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Japan. The multi-nation journey begins Thursday and can proceed till October 15.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres, informed reporters Wednesday that in New Delhi, Lacroix will take part in a two-day assembly organised by the Challenges Discussion board, which brings collectively main policymakers, practitioners and teachers on key points linked to peace operations.
The pinnacle of the UN peacekeeping will then journey to Abu Dhabi, Islamabad and Tokyo.
Dujarric mentioned the aim of Lacroix’s go to is to thank the nations for his or her contributions and assist to UN peacekeeping in addition to to replace on progress enhancing the effectiveness of peacekeeping.
Throughout his journey, Lacroix will meet senior authorities officers.
In accordance with data on the web site of Challenges Discussion board, the occasion CAF22 will “collect companions and key stakeholders” on October 6-7 to “focus on how future peace operations can stay related in a world of rising geopolitical friction”.
The CAF22 shall be co-hosted by the organisation’s Indian accomplice the United Service Establishment of India (USI).
Beneath the overarching theme “Way forward for Peace Operations”, the three sub-themes for the discussion board are “Place for Preventive Deployment in Diplomacy”, “Safety of Civilians in Peace Operation” and “Defending the Protectors”.
India is without doubt one of the largest troop and police contributing nations to UN peacekeeping missions and greater than 5,700 Indian peacekeepers are deployed in 9 out of 12 UN peacekeeping missions at current.
Since Nineteen Fifties, India has cumulatively deployed greater than 260,000 troops to the missions. By the years, 177 Indian peacekeepers have made the supreme sacrifice, the best from any troop-contributing nation.