Critical to revisit UNSC's peacekeeping approach, address challenges: India

Underlining that UN peacekeeping has become increasingly challenging in face of growing violence across conflict hotspots, India has called for reassessing the Security Council's approach towards peacekeeping and to address operational and other challenges faced by these operations.

Today, UN peacekeeping is becoming increasingly challenging in the face of growing violence across conflict theaters, with a diminishing focus on the political process, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said while addressing the UNSC briefing on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations on Tuesday.

She said that it is critical to reassess the Council's approach towards peacekeeping as well as to address the security and operational challenges faced by peace operations.

India is one of the largest troop and police contributors, with more than 5,700 Indian peacekeepers presently deployed in 9 out of 12 peacekeeping missions.

Underlining that India's peacekeeping credentials