Un Peacekeeping Reforms

Calling for a reform of the UN Security Council, India has cautioned against its peacekeeping mandates as "not representative of current realities".

India has told the UN Security Council that peacekeeping currently is in a "no-man's land" and called for next generation of reforms in peacekeeping based on incentivisation, innovation and institutionalisation.

Nikki Haley, in her first week as US ambassador to UN, has made reform of the United Nations' far flung peacekeeping operations a top priority, diplomats said.

Rising casualties among peacekeepers and civilians during UN operations has led to India expressing strong dismay at the lack of accountability and transparency by the UN Security Council in framing of peacekeeping mandates.

In her address to the United Nations General Assembly, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj focussed on the need to tackle terror. Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's comments a day ago, she said talks and terror cannot go together. Pushing the case for reforms in the UN Security Council, she said nations that provide peacekeepe...

Pressing for UN Security Council reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today regretted that nations contributing to peacekeeping operations have no say in decision-making as he asserted that success of such mission depends ultimately on the "moral force" of the world body.

Amid India's aspiration for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, President Pranab Mukherjee today impressed upon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to use his leadership to speed up the process of reforms in the world body in this year itself.

Early reform of the United Nations Security Council, terrorism and peacekeeping will be among the main issues that India will pursue during the world body's General Assembly session, Indian Ambassador to the UN has said.

India, which has contributed 1.7 lakh peacekeepers to UN missions, has told the UN Security Council that it wants crucial reforms of security institutions to facilitate peacebuilding in the conflict-hit nations.

Calling for a reform of the UN Security Council, India has cautioned against its peacekeeping mandates as "not representative of current realities".

India has told the UN Security Council that peacekeeping currently is in a "no-man's land" and called for next generation of reforms in peacekeeping based on incentivisation, innovation and institutionalisation.

Nikki Haley, in her first week as US ambassador to UN, has made reform of the United Nations' far flung peacekeeping operations a top priority, diplomats said.

Rising casualties among peacekeepers and civilians during UN operations has led to India expressing strong dismay at the lack of accountability and transparency by the UN Security Council in framing of peacekeeping mandates.

In her address to the United Nations General Assembly, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj focussed on the need to tackle terror. Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's comments a day ago, she said talks and terror cannot go together. Pushing the case for reforms in the UN Security Council, she said nations that provide peacekeepe...

Pressing for UN Security Council reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today regretted that nations contributing to peacekeeping operations have no say in decision-making as he asserted that success of such mission depends ultimately on the "moral force" of the world body.

Amid India's aspiration for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, President Pranab Mukherjee today impressed upon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to use his leadership to speed up the process of reforms in the world body in this year itself.

Early reform of the United Nations Security Council, terrorism and peacekeeping will be among the main issues that India will pursue during the world body's General Assembly session, Indian Ambassador to the UN has said.

India, which has contributed 1.7 lakh peacekeepers to UN missions, has told the UN Security Council that it wants crucial reforms of security institutions to facilitate peacebuilding in the conflict-hit nations.