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Jaishankar lauds UN peacekeepers for their contribution towards maintainin
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaishankar tweeted, "On the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, salute the courage, dedication and commitment of UN Peacekeepers around the world. Appreciate their contribution towards maintaining peace and security and recognise their many sacrifices."
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3 Indian peacekeepers to be honoured with UN's Dag Hammarskjold medal
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The fallen heroes for the year 2022 include Border Security Force personnel head Constables Shishupal Singh and Samwali Ram Vishnoi, who served with the Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Shaber Taher Ali, who was employed in a civilian capacity wi
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Parliamentary delegation from South Sudan calls on President Murmu
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Welcoming the delegation to India, the President said that India and South Sudan enjoy cordial and friendly relations. She said that India is proud to be a major troop contributor to the UN Peace keeping Missions in South Sudan, read the President of India press release.
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"India provided more than 291 million Covid doses...UN entities," Rajya Sa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"India provided more than 291 million doses of Make-In-India COVID vaccines to 99 countries and to United Nations entities, including more than14 a million doses of COVID vaccines as a grant to 50 countries and United Nations peacekeepers totalling support to 150 countries," said Patra.
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India supports peace process, capacity building in South Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Recently, India deployed an all-woman platoon of peacekeepers as part of the Indian Battalion to the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (on the border between South Sudan and Sudan).
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All Indian women platoon land in Abyei for UN peacekeeping mission
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said he is pleased to see the largest contingent of women peacekeepers from India arriving in Abyei where they will be serving for peace with UNISFA.
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'Take a bow': Over 1,000 Indian peacekeepers awarded UN medals for outstan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While it is true that India's peacekeeping contingent in Upper Nile is almost all male, Major Chattha was not the only woman to receive a medal for the outstanding work of her compatriots: five out of the 1,171 troops awarded the shiny pieces of metal were females.
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India to deploy platoon of women peacekeepers to UN Mission in Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This will be India's largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since it deployed the first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007, stated the Permanent Mission of India to the UN press release.
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Indian peacekeepers are appreciated world over: Jaishankar in Cyprus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"So nice to see the street in Larnaca named after General K S Thimayya," wrote Jaishankar in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.
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India votes in favour of resolution on mental health of UN peacekeepers
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India on Wednesday (local time) voted in favour of a resolution on the mental health of UN peacekeepers.
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India co-chairs launch of UN initiative to support accountability for crim
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He made these remarks at the 'Launch of Group of Friends to promote Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers' in the Trusteeship Council. Along with India, contributing countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Morocco and Nepal, participated as its co-chairs.
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UN peacekeeping is more challenging than ever before: Jaishankar
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He made these remarks at the 'Launch of Group of Friends to promote Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers' in the Trusteeship Council. Along with India, contributing countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Morocco and Nepal, participated as its co-chairs.
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