New Delhi, Jan 13: India, a key contributor to UN peacekeeping missions around the world, has favoured clarity in command structures and coherence in policy and strategy in such operations to make these more effective.
New Delhi has also underlined the need for enhancing information gathering and assessment system of the peacekeeping missions for success of military operations and safety of the personnel involved.
"The safety and security of un peacekeepers is of vital concern to troop contributors who place their soldiers at risk so that the UN can undertake peacekeeping," Sanjiv Arora, Joint Secretary (UN-Political) in the Ministry of External Affairs said.
India looked forward to the mid-term review this year to make UN peacekeeping more integrated, effective and professional, he said.
Citing killings of UN peacekeepers, Arora stressed on the need for reliable operational and tactical intelligence for successful conduct of military operations and pre-empt potential threats to the security and safety of personnel.
"The personnel at headquarters must actively and continuously engage field missions and positively respond to resolving their problems," he said at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations' senior mission leaders' course here.
He also sought early involvement of Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) in all aspects and stages of mission planning, including incorporating their views in mission mandates.
"There is a need for more effective utilisation of the experience and expertise of TCCs," Arora said.
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