🕊️ India Reaffirms Role in UN Peacekeeping at 2025 Berlin Meet

At the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 held in Berlin, 74 nations, including India, pledged renewed support for adaptive and gender-sensitive peace operations in a changing global security climate.

🔹 India’s Key Commitments:

• Deployment of a Quick Reaction Force (QRF)
• Provision of an armed male police unit (CRPF)
• Fielding a women-led police unit
• Enhanced support in mission logistics and tech-based monitoring

🔹 India & UN Peacekeeping – Quick Facts:

• 4th largest troop contributor (as of 2025) with 5,375 personnel
• Over 180 Indian peacekeepers have died in line of duty—highest among all contributors
• Pioneered the first all-women peacekeeping unit in Liberia (2007)

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🔹 About UN Peacekeeping:

• Launched in 1948 with UNTSO (UN Truce Supervision Organization)
• Known as Blue Helmets
• Currently active in 11 missions with 61,000+ personnel from 119 countries

📌 Latest Developments (2025):

• Emphasis on cyber peacekeeping and AI surveillance tools
• India is pushing for the inclusion of Global South concerns in peacekeeping mandates.