India has again lambasted Pakistan and China for blocking New Delhi's call to designate terrorist organisations in the list of the United Nations.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, during a UNSC briefing in New York on Thursday, said that the international community should collectively call out those who provide safe haven to terrorists and stand with them including in the UNSC sanctions regime. Further, explaining the current scenario, the Foreign Secretary said that the nature of conflicts has undergone paradigm shifts and it has become more complex and uncertain.
"Today both the political and security environment and the nature of conflicts have undergone paradigm shifts. It has become more complex, uncertain, volatile and unambiguous," Kwatra said during a debate on "integrating effective resilience building in peace operations for sustainable peace". During the briefing, he said that New Delhi strongly recognises the privacy of national governments and authorities in identifying and driving priorities, strategies and activities for sustaining peace. Also, he underscored India's immense contribution to the peacekeeping missions and added that the need of the hour is a holistic approach.
"Missions are often burdened with objects that go beyond the traditional mandate of peacekeeping...need of the hour is a holistic approach. Indian peacekeepers, nearly 5800 personnel are deployed in 9 out of 12 active UN peacekeeping missions. We have also been active members of the peacebuilding commission," the Foreign Secretary added. Meanwhile, regarding the situation of peacekeeping and peacebuilding globally, Kwatra said India, as the world's largest democracy, believes that representative and inclusive governance structures will help stabilise peace and safeguard fundamental rights.
