India suggests co-deployment of troops in UN operations

India has suggested co-deployment of peacekeepers from different countries as a way to overcome the caveats placed by some nations how their troops and equipment can be deployed in UN operations that hobble the missions.

India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said that “innovative options such as co-deployment of peacekeepers from different countries engender a genuine spirit of partnership for peace and need to be promoted”.

Innovations like that are essential “if we are to move away from a culture of caveats that bedevils peacekeeping into a segmented activity”, he said.

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