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UAE highlights renewable energy’s key role in peacekeeping operations
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations in New York hosted the meeting on the key role of the UN’s Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in peacekeeping operations.
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India, Argentina sign agreements to strengthen cooperation in defence
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Taiana also invited Minister Singh to the II Latin American Conference of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (ALCONU) that will take place in Argentina on September 12.
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Indian Army contingent participates in Multinational Joint Exercise Ex Kha
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Indian Army contingent participated in the Multinational Peacekeeping Joint Exercise 'Ex Khaan Quest 2023' in Mongolia which will be conducted from June 19 to July 2, 2023, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release.
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India introduces draft Resolution on 'Memorial Wall for Fallen Peacekeeper
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Permanent Representative to UN said: "I would also like to thank all 190 delegations who have cosponsored this initiative and invite the others to join as well. For 75 years, UN peacekeeping has been one of the most important tools for mitigating conflict and promoting peace and secur
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Time has come to expand UN Security Council with India as a permanent memb
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reiterated India's position of making the UN decision-making bodies, including the Security Council (UNSC), more reflective of the demographic realities of the world. The Minister said this while he was addressing a special commemorative seminar orga
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Kosovo: 25 NATO soldiers injured in clashes with Serb protesters
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, condemned the violence that broke out on Monday after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the Serb-majority region of northern Kosovo following elections boycotted by the Serbs.
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Nepal Army plans to buy armoured personnel carriers from Chinese firm blac
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The 'listing date' was June 3, 2021, and the 'divestment date' for the procurement was June 3, 2022, according to a document the Post saw. Although the Nepal Army or the government of Nepal have to put in the money initially, the UN peacekeeping office would reimburse the money to the army a
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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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UN Peacekeeping turns 75
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"For 75 years, UN Peacekeeping has helped to end conflict, protect civilians, advance political solutions, and secure sustainable peace," said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.
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Exicom Technologies' Communication Solutions Used in India-Africa Joint Mi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi/Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): The second edition of the AFINDEX-2023 (Africa-India Field Training Exercise), was recently held at Foreign Training Node, Aundh, Pune. The joint exercise, with over 100 participants was focused on Humanitarian Mine Action and Pea
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Women in Peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Fund was set up by the UN, Canada, and other Member States in 2019. It is an innovative, multilateral fund that aims to accelerate progress towards the UN's gender targets in line with Security Council resolutions and the UN Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy 2018-2028.
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"India-Africa face common threats of terrorism, violent extremism...,": Ge
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
He further added that Indian armed forces have been actively involved in a number of United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa since 1965.
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