Women indispensable for sustainable peace, says P. Wilson at UN Peacebuilding Commission

Presenting the India Statement, Mr. Wilson, who’s main the Indian delegation on the Commission in New York, mentioned sustainable peace requires “full and equal participation” of girls.

“What units India’s peacekeeping legacy aside will not be solely the dimensions of our contributions, however our early recognition of girls as indispensable brokers of sustainable peace. Long earlier than Resolution 1325, Indian girls medical officers served within the Congo in Nineteen Sixties, marking one of many earliest cases of girls serving in UN peacekeeping operations,” mentioned Mr. Wilson, who began his assertion with the Tamil greeting ‘vanakkam’.

Mr. Wilson additionally recounted India sending UN’s first all-female Formed Police Unit in Liberia in 2007 which impressed Liberian girls to affix police and safety forces of their nation. He mentioned India has proven by means of the deployment of girls as peacekeepers that they’ll construct belief in communities and “give hope to weak populations”.

“Most critically, they assist deal with gender-based violence and make sure that peace processes mirror the wants and views of all segments of society. They encourage girls in battle zones by means of instance that they, too, may be leaders and peace builders,” mentioned Mr. Wilson, who highlighted India’s investments in capacity-building for girls in peace constructing and highlighted the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in New Delhi as a “international centre of excellence for gender responsive coaching”.

Indian girls have been serving in difficult areas comparable to South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Wilson mentioned on the UN Peace Building Commission. “As we glance forward, India stays unwavering in its dedication to the WPS (Women Peace and Security) agenda,” mentioned Mr. Wilson, asserting that India is able to prolong experience and know-how concerning WPS with member international locations of the Global South.