{"id":245384,"date":"2023-05-30T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=245384"},"modified":"2023-05-30T19:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:23:35","slug":"un-peacekeeping-mission-india-to-train-women-from-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/un-peacekeeping-mission-india-to-train-women-from-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"UN peacekeeping mission: India to train women from ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b>The post is based on the article<b> \u201cUN peacekeeping mission: India to train women from ASEAN\u201d<\/b>\u00a0published in\u00a0<b>The Hindu\u00a0<\/b>on\u00a0<b>30th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_News\">What is the News?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Indian Defence Minister last year proposed an <strong>initiative for \u2018women in United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) operations\u2019<\/strong> as part of expanding India-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) defence cooperation. Under it, India is set to conduct two initiatives for training women personnel from South East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on the day when in 1948, the first UN peacekeeping mission, \u201cU.N. Truce Supervision Organisation\u201d, began operations in Palestine.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"About_United_Nations_Peacekeeping_forces\">About United Nations Peacekeeping forces<\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Must read: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/un-peacekeeping-forces\/\">United Nations Peacekeeping forces<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>About the India-ASEAN initiative for women in UNPK operations<\/h2>\n<p>One of the initiatives under the initiative \u2018include the conduct of tailor-made courses for women peacekeepers of ASEAN member-states at the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) in India.\u00a0In all 20 member states of UN peacekeepers, two from each country would be trained.<\/p>\n<p>The other is a \u2018tabletop exercise\u2019 for women officers from ASEAN, incorporating facets of UNPK challenges to be conducted in December.<\/p>\n<h2>About India&#8217;s participation in UNPK<\/h2>\n<p>India has contributed 2,75,000 troops to peacekeeping missions so far and 159 Indian Army soldiers have lost their lives across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>India, one of the largest troop-contributing nations to the UNPK, currently has around 5,900 troops deployed in 12 U.N. missions.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must read: <a title=\"Most soldiers killed in action during UN missions were Indian\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/most-soldiers-killed-in-action-during-un-missions-were-indian\/\">Most soldiers killed in action during UN missions were Indian<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0The post is based on the article \u201cUN peacekeeping mission: India to train women from ASEAN\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Hindu\u00a0on\u00a030th May 2023 What is the News? Indian Defence Minister last year proposed an initiative for \u2018women in United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) operations\u2019 as part of expanding India-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) defence cooperation. 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