India To Contribute $2 Million To UN's Peacebuilding Commission
Siddique Islam - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - India has made an initial commitment of $2 million to the Peacebuilding Fund proposed for the newly established Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) at the United Nations. Indian High Commission said in a press statement in Dhaka on Wednesday, "India had welcomed the proposal contained in the 2005 World Summit Document to establish a Peacebuilding Commission at the UN, as an inter-governmental advisory body, to help countries in the process of post-conflict peacebuilding, recovery, reconstruction and development." As part of its composite engagement with other member states on issues related to the reform of the United Nations, India has been constructively involved in discussions to set up and operationalize the PBC. While the PBC was established in December 2005, the process of forming its organizational committee was completed in May, this year. The UN Secretary General has scheduled the first meeting of the organizational committee at the UN in New York on Wednesday. India has been selected as a member of the organizational committee of the PBC under the category of the top five providers of military personnel and civilian police to the UN peace keeping operations. India is among the longest serving and largest troop contributors to UN's peace keeping activities. More than 85,000 Indian troops, military observers and civilian police |
