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2009-06-29

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1. “The number of peacekeepers is now about 140,000; the budget for the present year is $8 billion; and the Under-Secretary- General and his staff have become the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Field Support (DFS) and the Peacebuilding Support Office, with 1,300 jobs being sought for peacekeeping on the support account last year. In his statement to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on 23 January, 2009, Mr. Alain Le Roy highlighted a number of areas in which peacekeeping faces problems. These include sheer overstretch, a wide gap between supply and demand for the numbers and types of personnel; and the absence of critical enabling capacities, such as air assets. There is no scarcity of the personnel and capacities of the type that the United Nations requires.”

   2009-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6153Resumption1 (2009) · source

2. “Even as I speak, more than 5,000 Indian soldiers and policemen are deployed in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are the cutting edge in translating this Council's words into deeds, and they do so in exceedingly challenging circumstances. India is also one of the largest contributors of air assets to United Nations operations. We therefore bring to this table a unique combination of commitment to peacekeeping and of knowledge and experience of peacekeeping of which we are very proud. The world of peacekeeping today is very different from what it was two decades ago. In 1986, one Under- Secretary-General, an Assistant Secretary-General, three D-2-level officers and three Professional officers, with a budget of approximately $240 million, managed about 10,000 peacekeepers.”

   2009-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6153Resumption1 (2009) · source

3. “In the interests of the efficient use of time, I propose to deliver a condensed version of my statement. The complete text will, however, be circulated. I thank you, Sir, for organizing this thematic debate. With over 100,000 peacekeepers, an $8 billion budget and expanded mandates, peacekeeping remains at the heart of the activities of the United Nations. India aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. India has been an active participant in peacekeeping since the word itself was invented in 1956. We have, over the past five decades, contributed more than 100,000 peacekeepers to 40 United Nations operations. We continue to provide troops and policemen to the most difficult operations that the United Nations conducts. Let me put things in perspective with one example.”

   2009-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6153Resumption1 (2009) · source