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  1. “Thirdly, such transfers would involve legal complexities pertaining to immunity, privileges and safeguards. Fourthly, troop-contributing countries will have to calibrate their positions on a case-by-case basis. Amending the memorandum of understanding templates may not resolve that matter to the satisfaction of one and all. In conclusion, as a long-standing troop contributor, India is ever ready to shoulder peacekeeping initiatives. We support the potential of inter-mission cooperation as a mechanism to enhance information exchange and integrated strategies in a regional context.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source

  2. “Such measures, however, should be crafted in consultation with mission leaderships and host countries; they cannot be imposed from Headquarters. However, inter-mission cooperation that is overly focused on resources will diminish its usefulness. Headquarters-driven sharing of critical mission assets will also compromise the ability of field commanders to deliver on their mandates. Moreover, the implementation of inter-mission cooperation faces substantial legal, political, and financial challenges. First, obtaining the collective consent of host nations in a disturbed area is a challenging prospect, with implications for the overall peace process. Secondly, the transfer of troops and equipment across missions would need to address financial issues, since budgetary allocations are mission-specific.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source

  3. “My delegation agrees that if several missions are deployed in a region, cooperation among neighbouring missions, including through exchanges of information, coordinated strategies on cross-border illicit trafficking of weapons, drugs and combatants, integrated approaches to disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation, and so forth, can enhance their effectiveness. Similarly, the adoption of regional and subregional strategies can help in delivering humanitarian aid. As the Council has already been doing, resource-management strategies with a cross-border perspective in crisis situations can be continued. Managing weapons collected from demobilized combatants could also be better conducted in regional settings.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source

  4. “Our briefers have mentioned some of these challenges. During our two years on the Security Council, we have seen continued efforts to expand the mandates of peacekeeping missions without any concrete measures to bridge the resource gap that should be a real cause for concern to us. The concept ofinter-mission cooperation is promoted not to increase the effectiveness of peacekeeping missions, but to cut down the resources available to individual missions. The cross-borrowing of equipment between missions in recent times is part of that trend.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source

  5. “Even today, India is one of the largest contributors to such missions, and we remain committed to this global enterprise. The nature of conflict has changed significantly over the past few decades, and so has the mandate of peacekeeping missions. It is no longer restricted to keeping peace between warring parties, but includes peace- and nation-building tasks. Unfortunately, resource allocation has failed to keep pace with the mandate expansion, and peacekeeping missions are called on to do more and more with less and less. It is therefore not surprising that the past few years have been operationally challenging for peacekeeping. An unusually large number of peacekeepers have lost their lives in the service of peace mandates, and the missions are overstretched, due to shortages of personnel and equipment.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source

  6. “At the outset let me thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Morocco, for organizing today's briefing on peacekeeping operations, a subject of great interest to my country. My thanks are also due to Under-Secretaries-General Herve' Ladsous and Ameerah Haq for their detailed briefings. Today's debate reflects the enduring relevance of United Nations peacekeeping operations in fulfilling the Organization's obligations under the Charter towards the maintenance of international peace and security. Peacekeeping has not only withstood the test of time for more than six decades now; it has in fact expanded its mandate and reach. India has partnered with the United Nations in peacekeeping operations since its very inception, in the 19505. More than 100,000 Indian soldiers have served with distinction in more than 40 peacekeeping missions.”

    2012-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6886 (2012) · source