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first: 2016-04-18
most recent: 2018-12-17
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“We support an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled inclusive peace and reconciliation process that promotes and protects unity, sovereignty, democracy, inclusiveness and prosperity of Afghanistan. Any meaningful progress towards sustainable peace requires the cessation of terrorist violence, renunciation of links with international terrorism, respect for the rights of common Afghan people, especially those of women, children and minorities. We hope that the courage, resilience and determination of the Afghan people can be matched by those of the international community in doing what needs to be done on its part to bring peace to that war-torn country.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“We are mindful to ensure that all such projects respect State sovereignty and territorial integrity and are based on universally recognized international norms, transparency and principles of financial responsibility, ecological and environmental protection and preservation standards. It is in that spirit that we are engaged in various connectivity projects in the region, including the Chabahar Port project and the direct India-Afghanistan air freight corridor, which have been successfully operationalized. We will continue to build on the gains made and to work with all those who share the spirit of helping Afghanistan without conditions.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“Based on lessons of the past, we in New York are aware that peace in Afghanistan is tied to peace and security in the entire world. Even as the challenges of security, peace and development continue to mount, there has also been considerable progress over the past 17 years, especially in the areas of promoting education and health care; protecting the rights of women, children and the marginalized; improving governance and reforms; generating livelihoods and moving Afghanistan towards self-reliance. India has age-old historical, cultural, civilizational and economic ties with Afghanistan. We are working closely with our Afghan partners in implementing development projects and will continue to do so in this transformation decade. Building reliable connectivity for landlocked Afghanistan is a key component of our regional partnership.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“The Council's actions against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant can serve as a template for action against terrorists and their supporters in Afghanistan. The illicit narcotics, illegal mining and other criminal industries controlled by those terror groups are stealing the resources of the Afghan people and funding ever more violence. The sanctuaries and safe havens provided to those terror networks for years are well known. The activities of the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, Da'esh and Al-Qaida and its proscribed affiliates, such as the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaysh Muhammad, must be stopped. The Security Council sanctions committee, which refuses to designate the new leaders of the Taliban or to freeze the assets of its slain leader, is falling short of what is expected of it by the Afghans and the international community.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“Ten days ago, the General Assembly also reiterated its support to the cause of Afghanistan through its adoption of resolution 73/88. However, that is clearly not enough. Even as the reports of the Secretary-General have continued to stress that the violence and terror in Afghanistan show no signs of abating, terrorists are now attacking places never imagined before, including hospitals, schools, mosques and even mourners at funerals. Sadly, one-quarter of all terrorism- related deaths in the world were caused by attacks in Afghanistan last year. Despite all the signs of the deterioration in the security situation, the international community and the Council, with all its tools, have simply been unable or unwilling to deal effectively with the source of the problem.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“We commend the National Unity Government, the Independent Election Commission and the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces, which made sure that the elections went ahead despite the serious challenges and threats. Democracy is clearly taking firmer root in Afghanistan. As the Special Representative of the Secretary-General stated earlier, those elections were the first to be completely run by Afghan authorities since 2001. They indeed mark an important milestone in Afghanistan's transition to self-reliance. Many Member States attended the recently concluded Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan last month, thereby reaffirming the commitment of the international community and the United Nations to Afghanistan.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for organizing today's debate. We also thank the Special Representative of Secretary-General, Mr. Yamamoto, and the other briefers for their briefings, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for sharing his perspectives on the recent developments in his country. While the situation in Afghanistan continues to cause concern, there have also been several positive developments of significance. Millions of Afghans - women and men - who turned out to vote in the recently held elections, despite the Taliban threat, demonstrated their courage and strong desire to work for a better future by exercising their democratic right. It was a bold refusal to be cowed by the terrorist groups.”
2018-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8426 (2018) · source
“It is a document that was not even found fit to be considered by the membership of the forum where it was submitted. Such deliberate, self-serving attempts by Pakistan seek to obfuscate the reality of its own use of terror organizations to undermine State sovereignty. They also distract from our discussions of the issues at hand. Such attempts have not succeeded in the past in any forum and will not do so now. In conclusion, let me reiterate India's strong support for the endeavours of the United Nations to protect children in situation of armed conflict.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“In spite of the clear mandate provided under resolution 1379 (2001), we are disappointed that the report of the Secretary-General includes situations that do not meet the definitions of armed conflict or of threat to the maintenance of international peace and security. We would like to point out such distraction from situations under the mandate of the Security Council needs to be rectified and the mandate strictly adhered to. While this is an important thematic debate, there has been yet another attempt by a delegation to misuse this forum by referring to situations that are extraneous to the discussion. It referred to a so-called report about the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir - a document reflecting the clear bias of an official who was acting without any mandate whatsoever and relied on unverified sources of information.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“The reintegration of children into society after their release and following mediation processes remains an area that needs more focus. Through its active participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations, India continues to contribute to the implementation of the Security Council mandate on this subject. Based on our experience as one of the largest troop-contributing countries, India remains concerned about the lack of resources to implement the provisions of the mandate, including the deployment of more child protection advisers, and to comprehensively address the connection between conflict prevention and the protection of children.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“As is evident from the report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/465), despite persistent efforts over the past two decades, the rights of millions of children continue to be violated in situations of armed conflict in various parts of the world. Some progress has been made through greater engagement among the United Nations agencies and the Governments concerned, as well as through the integration of children's rights issues in mediation processes. However, much more remains to be done, especially in keeping up with the changing nature of armed conflicts that involve a range of non-State actors. Terrorist entities, including those designated by the Security Council, continue to exploit children as part of their terrorist activities with impunity.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“India, the first country to contribute a women formed police unit to peacekeeping, is one of only 26 countries that have reached the goal of 15 per cent for women military observers and staff officers. The fact remains that most other countries have yet to reach that target. With its long experience in United Nations peacekeeping, India believes that peacekeeping's success should be judged on missions' ability to sustain peace by enabling political solutions through integrated responses. That is, of course, the shared responsibility of the Security Council, the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries. We hope that the collective political will to address peacekeeping's well- known challenges effectively will emerge sooner rather than later.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“Capabilities for timely and reliable medical and casualty evacuation, including the use of helicopters with night-flight capability and night-retrieval operations, are essential. In addition, force commanders should be given direct command over such air assets for missions in order to respond in a timely manner to crisis situations and accidents. An issue that is much discussed is the importance of greater female participation in peacekeeping. However, actual progress in this regard still leaves a lot be desired. According to the latest data of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the overall percentage of female United Nations military observers and staff officers is currently around 8 per cent.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“The Working Group could submit recommendations after engaging with a broad range of actors, including the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries. The Council could review and modify mandates when needs on the ground shift, rather than waiting until the mandate cycles end. I now want to turn to the very serious concern of the increasing loss oflives of United Nations peacekeepers due to attacks on missions. In the past four years, of the 176 fatalities due to acts of violence, 43 were the result of attacks by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). We believe that missions facing such threats should have dedicated resources for countering IED threats. There should be concerted efforts to upgrade the security infrastructure of the camps.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“On the question of mandates, of the 15 current peacekeeping missions, six have 15 or more mandate components and five have between seven and 10. We would like to know if there are any assessments of whether such missions can do justice to all their mandated components with the limited resources available to them. Several recent mandate renewals have once again shown the limitations ofa process that continues to be led by a few and is primarily driven by numbers and individual national agendas rather than by the aim of providing adequate resources for realistic mandates. The Council could utilize its Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations to debate and agree on strategic objectives for the missions, design mandates and monitor the capacity to achieve them.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“Besides the changing nature of armed conflicts themselves, they include serious, chronic shortcomings resulting from a lack of clarity in mandates, a mismatch in the resources available to peacekeepers, inadequate consultations with troop-contributing countries and a lack of focus on political solutions to building and sustaining peace. These are all well known. However, a coherent approach to jointly addressing these reasons continues to elude us, while we continue to look for shortcuts and focus narrowly only on enhancing efficiency, effecting savings, improving logistics or expanding the availability of troops and their rapid deployment. We are still not addressing the core issues. What is actually missing is the political will to acknowledge and implement many of the recommendations.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“We thank the presidency of the Netherlands for convening today's open debate, the first this year on the topic of peacekeeping. We are meeting against the backdrop of the previous year, which saw the highest number of fatalities due to attacks among United Nations peacekeepers since 1994. The questions regarding the limitations of United Nations peacekeeping operations continue to confront us, as several complex missions show little signs of resolution. The issue has been debated here long enough. Several expert reports on it exist, and the reasons for the situation are very clear.”
2018-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8218 (2018) · source
“This marks the beginning of a new era of enhanced, reliable and robust connectivity for Afghanistan. The challenges are well known. The tools available to the Council and the international community to address them need to be utilized effectively. This requires collective will and targeted action.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“This covers diverse areas, including education, health, agriculture, infrastructure, renewable energy, drinking-water supply and human resource development. Our people-to- people contacts extend from colleges and cricket fields to trade and investment. The importance of connectivity and transit for trade and energy linkages to bring peace and prosperity in Afghanistan, a land-locked country, is clear. Regrettably, normal overland transport and transit access between Afghanistan and a large economy like India's have been blocked for many years. This hurts the welfare of the Afghan people. We are working with our partners to address this issue. Last month, the first consignment of wheat-grain assistance from India reached Afghanistan through Chabahar port in Iran.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“While the international community's commitment to Afghanistan is renewed every year through various international efforts, including those of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, respect for Afghanistan's sovereignty and its direction and ownership of the peace processes should be paramount. We congratulate Afghanistan on its recent, first-ever election to the Human Rights Council. Afghanistan's active engagement at the United Nations on various issues ofimportance continues to grow. Development cooperation is one of the most significant aspects of our long-standing friendship with Afghanistan. Recent visits to India by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in the past three months have provided impetus to the wide-ranging new development partnership that both our countries launched in September.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“We welcome the recent visit of the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) to Afghanistan and the upcoming visit by the Security Council to the country early next month. We need to go after the leaders of the terrorist organizations. We need to investigate and designate the illicit drug-trafficking business in the country. Support for an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled peace and national reconciliation process, within the framework of Afghanistan's Constitution, has to be pursued with all sincerity. Any meaningful progress requires the cessation of violence, the renunciation of links with international terrorism, and respect for the rights of common Afghan people, especially women and children.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“The Security Council has an important responsibility in that regard in our collective interest. The rise in opium production and the increase in the areas under opium cultivation in Afghanistan, as highlighted in the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, are cause for serious concern, especially given their role in perpetuating the cycle of terrorism. This drug trafficking is not a local concern. The international networks that control this illegal trade have to be identified and tackled. The problem needs to be addressed through verifiable measures and actions. The Security Council can effectively utilize the sanctions regime under resolution 1988 (2011) in the context of funds that the terrorist networks are generating. This has not happened.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“It has been painfully clear for a long time that the security situation in Afghanistan has implications, not only for the region, but also for the entire world. It is not simply a local problem. While new threats emerge from Da'esh, the Security Council cannot even decide whether to list the new leaders of the Taliban or to freeze the assets of the slain leader of the group more than a year after the issue was brought to its attention. The support for terrorist organizations like the Taliban, the Haqqani network, Da'esh, Al-Qaida and its designated affiliates, such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed from outside Afghanistan, must be forced to stop. All safe havens and sanctuaries available to such groups outside Afghanistan's borders must end.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“Thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto and the other briefers for their insights into the continuing difficult situation faced by Afghanistan. The deterioration in the security situation in Afghanistan over the past few months is a matter of serious concern. Terrorists continue to attack the most vulnerable, including the sick in hospitals, children in schools, worshippers in mosques and even mourners at funerals. Terrorist groups have also gained territory. The continued resilience shown by the Afghan people and security personnel has been exemplary, but the better future that people hope for still appears distant. Our regular consultations and the work done by the Council have not been enough to effectively reverse the situation on the ground.”
2017-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8147 (2017) · source
“India remains ready to contribute further internationally, both to the normative and practical aspects, on issues relating to the women and peace and security agenda.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“In that context, earlier this year, India contributed to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. The Special Court was among the landmark tribunals that tried and convicted persons for crimes that included the use of child soldiers and forced marriages. Several key decision-making positions in India are held by distinguished women. They include the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament and many ministers. More than 1.3 million elected women representatives at the local Government level across India are involved in formulating and implementing gender-sensitive public policies. In international forums, too, India assigns high importance to the role of women. In 1953, the first woman President of the General Assembly was from India.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Moreover, India has taken the lead in hosting specialized training courses for peacekeepers on sexual violence in armed conflict situations. Among other issues, those courses have focused on the role ofwomen in the context of post-conflict situations. Earlier this year, India hosted the third such specialized course for female military officers, which was organized by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in New Delhi, in partnership with UN-Women. India, the first country to contribute to the Secretary-General's trust fund in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, has continued to contribute to this cause this year. Prosecution is essential for prevention. The international community has an important role in helping build adequate resources and capacities in that regard.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Also at the United Nations, while there is recognition of the need for greater participation ofwomen in peacekeeping operations, progress remains slow. In the specific context of United Nations peacekeeping, India has been the lead troop contributor over the past seven decades. While there has been only a marginal increase in the overall number of women peacekeepers, almost a decade ago, in 2007, India deployed the first-ever all-women formed police unit for peacekeeping with the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Prime Minister Modi has committed to a higher representation of Indian female peacekeepers in missions. India has committed to fulfilling the pledge to have women serve in 15 per cent of military observer positions by the end of this year. India has also committed to provide another all-female formed police unit.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“Increased institutionalized involvement by women in peacekeeping, conflict prevention and resolution and political processes is important to address this challenge. That requires capacity- and institution-building at the ground level. Therefore, the issue of women, peace and security must be seen in the wider societal context of women's empowerment and longer-term sustainable development. At the United Nations, the work done by the Commission on the Status of Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other entities continues to push a gender empowerment agenda that can have a transformative impact on societies. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights the interlinkage between sustainable development and peace and security.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“At the same time, the importance of women's empowerment and their participation in conflict resolution, peacebuilding and governance for sustaining peace is also becoming better understood. Despite the increased focus on the links between women, peace and security, and the evolving normative framework during the past decade and a half, non-combatant women and girls continue to be major victims during armed conflicts. The heinous crimes against humanity perpetrated by terror networks such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham in West Asia, Boko Haram in parts of West Africa or Al-Shabaab in East Africa, especially against women and girls, are stark reminders of the serious challenges that need to be overcome.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“We thank the delegation of France for convening this open debate. We also thank all the briefers for sharing updates on the ongoing efforts and the emerging trends regarding this agenda item. The situations of armed conflict directly addressed by the Security Council over the past two decades have primarily been intra-State conflicts. Such internal armed conflict situations are often a result of a breakdown in the capacity of the State to enforce the rule of law and maintain effective governance. These conflicts also involve non-State actors and terrorist networks destroying the social fabric. In many of these conflicts the world has, regrettably, seen extreme brutality being inflicted upon women and sexual violence being used as a tool.”
2017-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8079 (2017) · source
“This is in the context of the pressure on the already meagre resources available for the United Nations development system. There is a broad and clear agreement on the need for reform. We appreciate the focus of the Secretary- General on greater collaboration across the three pillars of United Nations work so that resources can be reoriented to build capacity to prevent relapses into conflict. We have noted the intention to co-locate the departments of political affairs and peacekeeping operations for closer coordination. We also look forward to receiving the Secretary-General's reform proposals in the area of peace and security. We hope that our discussions can move forward our collectively efforts to contribute to the goal of sustaining peace.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The current peacekeeping mandates include some elements to restore and rebuild the legitimacy of the State authority in order to prevent the relapse into the conflict and lay the foundations for achieving sustainable peace. However, the challenges in this process include a lack of genuine effort to understand the priorities of the host State and properly incorporate the same into the mandate; and a huge difference between ambitions, capacities and resources. We may consider whether allocation of an appropriate percentage of funds from the peacekeeping budget to activities related to peacebuilding and sustaining peace in those situations, could be an option that would allow us to move forward efforts to achieve sustainable peace in the various intra-State conflicts we are facing.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“While the normative acknowledgement of the challenges and possible solutions exist, that appears to be mere lip service when it comes to providing the required resources. The long, extended peacekeeping missions that go on for decades and elusive political solutions remind us of the need to focus on long-term investment in sustainable development, institution-building and inclusive political processes. The ongoing transitions in Haiti and Liberia are useful cases for the ongoing discussions on sustaining peace at the United Nations. The ability of the United Nations to invest long term in institution-building and sustainable development in these countries would turn them into examples of how to successfully sustain peace.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The numerous long-standing chronic armed conflict situations have led to serious deliberations here at the United Nations, especially over the past couple of years, on clarifying the concept of sustaining peace, culminating in the adoption of the landmark identical General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016). However, it is still not clear how this is to be aligned. The United Nations agencies that have a major role in implementing the sustaining peace agenda are outside the Security Council and have little funding support. We all are aware that fewer than 1 per cent of the funds allocated to peacekeeping are available for peacebuilding efforts.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“This is because the nature of peacekeeping has changed substantially, with modern armed conflicts taking place within a State and involving non-State actors and international terrorist networks. The sheer number of briefings and open debates that continue to be held on this issue in the Security Council indicate that we are grappling with the complexity of issues involved. Operational and logistic issues aside, there is an obvious lack of appropriate investment in political dialogue and a huge mismatch between resource allocation for peacekeeping and peacebuilding.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. It has been acknowledged for a long time now that the flagship activity of the United Nations - its peacekeeping operations - is facing severe challenges and is not able to achieve the desired result of bringing sustainable peace to the areas of its deployment. A series of studies, including the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/446), have pointed out the primacy of politics; the need for regular consultations between the Council, the troop-contributing nations and the Secretariat; improved mandate design and implementation; meeting capability requirements for hostile, asymmetric environments; as well as addressing important elements for sustaining peace for better results in peacekeeping operations.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“We must remain vigilant, strengthen cooperation, build capacity and encourage the full assumption of national responsibility by States, in accordance with their international obligations.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“We support universal adherence to, and the full implementation o,f the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as well as its 2005 amendment. Unmasked clandestine proliferation networks have shown that non-State actors can exploit weak links in global supply chains. All States must therefore assume their responsibilities to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors. The measures undertaken by India in that regard are consistent with the highest international standards and are highlighted in India's latest national report to the 1540 Committee.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“India's Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership has conducted more than 30 international and regional programmes, involving more than 300 participants from around 30 countries. In February, India hosted the meeting of the Implementation and Assessment Group of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. It was attended by more than 150 representatives from over 40 partner countries, as well as by the International Atomic Energy Agency, INTERPOL, the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. An early conclusion to the negotiations on the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism would be helpful.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Last year, India also joined The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. We appreciate the efforts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and collaborate with the 1540 Committee to organize capacity-building and awareness-raising events. India is currently planning to host an international workshop in cooperation with UNODA and the 1540 Committee in New Delhi. We have taken note of the requests for assistance put forward by countries to the 1540 Committee and remain ready to provide technical assistance and training to any interested Member State. Details on the technical expertise offered by India can be accessed through our latest report submitted to the 1540 Committee this month.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Since 2002, India has introduced at the General Assembly draft resolution entitled "Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction", which has been adopted by consensus every year, most recently in 2016 as resolution 71/38, co-sponsored by more than 70 Member States. The resolution offers a consensus platform to strengthen international dialogue and cooperation. India has harmonized its legislative and regulatory framework with the control lists, guidelines and best practices of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group. India's admission to the MTCR, a year ago, is a recognition of India's non-proliferation record and its ability to contribute to global non-proliferation efforts.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“India participated at the ministerial level in the 2013 and 2016 International Conferences on Nuclear Security organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which plays a central role in promoting nuclear security efforts. Our Prime Minister has participated in all ofthe four Nuclear Security Summits held since 2010. India also participates actively in the Nuclear Security Contact Group. India has contributed to the goals and objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention and participates actively in the inter-sessional process on the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate. In the interests oftime, I will read out only parts of our statement. Terror networks and non-State actors by themselves do not have any capacity or access to advanced and sensitive technologies and materials. However instances of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are not unknown to us all. The possibility of such collusion remains a real cause for concern. That grave threat can only be contained through effective and sustained international cooperation and monitoring. As a country with advanced nuclear technologies, India is fully conscious ofthe responsibilities that come with their possession. India is a party to all of the 13 universal instruments accepted as benchmarks for a State's commitment to combat international terrorism.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“India remains ready to contribute further internationally both to the normative and to the practical aspects ofissues relating to women and peace and security.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“Prime Minister Modi has committed to a higher representation of Indian female peacekeepers in police units to United Nations peacekeeping missions. India is committed to fulfilling the pledge of having 15 per cent of military observers as women by the end of the year. India has also committed to providing another all-female formed police unit. Prosecution is essential for prevention. The international community has an important role in helping to build adequate resources and capacities in that regard. In that context, India recently contributed to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. The Special Court was among the landmark tribunals that tried and convicted persons for crimes that included the use of child soldiers and forced marriages.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“India has also taken the lead in hosting specialized training courses for peacekeepers on sexual violence in armed conflict situations. They have focused, among other issues, on the role of women in the context of post conflict situations. Last month India hosted the third such specialized course for female military officers, organized by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in New Delhi in partnership with UN-Women. Over 40 women officers from nearly 30 countries attended the course. Such courses provide the participants not only an opportunity to train to be ready for deployment but also to network and share experiences and best practices. India was the first country to contribute to the Secretary-General's Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“In the specific context of United Nations peacekeeping, India has been the lead troop contributor, with participation in nearly 50 of the 71 peacekeeping missions, and 13 ofthe current 16 missions. While there has been only a marginal increase in the overall number of women peacekeepers, almost a decade ago, in 2007, India deployed the first ever all-women formed police unit for peacekeeping with the United Nations Mission in Liberia. That unit served there until last year. The Liberian President underlined the contribution of the force in "inspiring Liberian women, imparting in them the spirit of professionalism and encouraging them to join operations that protect the nation". The percentage of Liberian women in the country's security sector has increased threefold since 2007.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“The Commission on the Status of Women and the work done by the Committee on the achievements of and obstacles encountered by States parties in the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women continue to make significant progress in pushing the gender empowerment agenda that in itself has a transformative impact on societies - leading to more sustainable development and prosperity. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development also highlights the importance of sustainable development for ensuring peace and security. India has been an active participant in the comprehensive deliberations on women-related issues at the various United Nations bodies. India has also been among the top contributors towards UN-Women since its inception five years back.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“The heinous crimes against humanity perpetrated by terror networks such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in West Asia or Boko Haram in parts of West Africa or Al-Shabaab in East Africa, especially against women and girl children, are stark reminders of the serious challenges that need to be overcome by the international community. We also agree that there is a need to increase and institutionalize the involvement of women in conflict prevention and resolution. That requires not only normative advice but capacity- and institution-building at the ground level. Therefore, the issue of women and peace and security cannot be understood in isolation from the wider societal context involving gender and development issues.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source