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UN Security Council extends authorisation of EU-led force in Bosnia and He
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the authorization of an EU-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for another 12 months.
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VHP wants UN to send peacekeeping force to Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Tuesday demanded that the United Nations should send a peacekeeping force to stop the "genocide of Hindus by Jihadists in Bangladesh."
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Uganda to deploy 160 police peacekeepers in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda will deploy a contingent of 160 police personnel to Somalia for peacekeeping operations, the Uganda Police Force said Thursday.
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UN Chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Saturday's improvised explosive device attacks against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali near Tessalit, Kidal region, in which a peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and fou
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PM Modi has pitched for United Nations reforms in his UNGA speeches
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (local time) urged the United Nations to improve its effectiveness and increase its reliability in order to be relevant, thus reiterating for bringing in reforms in the United Nations, which was started in 1945, aft
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India largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping in cumulative terms: Me
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the UN peacekeeping missions, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday informed the member states that India is the largest troop contributor to the peacekeeping operations since their in
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MoS Lekhi to participate in Security Council meeting in New York; meets di
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi will represent India at the UN Security Council ministerial open debate on transitions under the agenda item "United Nations peacekeeping operations" on September 8.
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UNSC not holding discussions on sending UN peacekeeping mission to Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council (UNSC) is not engaged in any discussions regarding the possibility of sending a UN peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan following the Taliban's (terrorist organization, banned in Russia) takeover, a UNSC source told Sputnik.
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India, UN exchange MoU for tech support in Peacekeeping missions
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 19 (ANI): India and the UN have exchanged MoU in support of the 'Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping' initiative, the Permanent Mission of India to the UN said.
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Proud to partner with UN on situational awareness platform-UNITE AWARE: Ja
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): A few hours after chairing the UN Security Council Open Debate on Technology and Peacekeeping, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Wednesday said that he was proud to partner with the world body on a situational awareness platform-UNITE AWARE.
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UN chief calls for embracing digital world for conducting peacekeeping mis
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the member states to fully embrace the digital world for conducting peacekeeping missions as conflicts have become more intense.
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Jaishankar proposes four-point framework for securing UN peacekeepers agai
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): Proposing a four-point framework to lay architecture for securing UN peacekeepers against contemporary threats, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that 21st-century peacekeeping must be anchored in a strong ecosystem of technology and
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