New Delhi: India is at the forefront of the nation that has contributed troops to the United Nations to establish peace in the world. The Indian Army has been working as a UN peacekeeping force for decades. Meanwhile, India has once again decided to promote women in the United Nations Mission. With this, India has become the first country to field an all-women team for a United Nations mission. The Indian force consists of two officers and 25 other ranks.
Let it be known that India has once again decided to promote women in the United Nations Mission. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, gave this information through her tweet. She said in a message that India is deploying an all-women contingent of peacekeepers as part of our battalion in the UN mission in the sensitive area of Abay. This is the largest deployment of women peacekeepers in recent years. Along with this, he congratulated the women’s team.
Cambodia further informed that a platoon of women peacekeepers has been deployed to Abyei on January 6, 2023 as part of the Indian battalion of the United Nations Interim Security Force, Abyei (UNISFA). This is India’s largest deployment of a platoon of women peacekeepers to a UN mission since the deployment of the first platoon of women peacekeepers in Liberia in 2007. As of October 31 last year, India is the second largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping missions after Bangladesh. India has deployed 5,5887 troops and personnel in a total of 12 missions. Let us know that the Indian contingent consists of two officers and 25 other ranks. The recent escalation of violence in Abyei raises challenging humanitarian concerns for women and children.
The first police adviser to the UN Dr. Kiran Bedi, Major Suman Gavani and Shakti Devi, recipient of the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award 2019, have made a mark in UN peacekeeping, said a statement from the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.