DMK MP P. Wilson representing India on the UN Peacebuilding Fee, on October 27, 2025 | Photograph Credit score:
India was among the many first international locations to acknowledge the function of girls in constructing “sustainable peace”, stated Rajya Sabha member P. Wilson on the UN Peacebuilding Fee on Monday.
Presenting the India Assertion, Mr. Wilson, who’s main the Indian delegation on the Fee in New York, stated sustainable peace requires “full and equal participation” of girls.
“What units India’s peacekeeping legacy aside isn’t solely the dimensions of our contributions, however our early recognition of girls as indispensable brokers of sustainable peace. Lengthy earlier than Decision 1325, Indian girls medical officers served within the Congo in Sixties, marking one of many earliest cases of girls serving in UN peacekeeping operations,” stated Mr. Wilson, who began his assertion with the Tamil greeting ‘vanakkam’.
Mr. Wilson additionally recounted India sending UN’s first all-female Shaped Police Unit in Liberia in 2007 which impressed Liberian girls to hitch police and safety forces of their nation. He stated India has proven via the deployment of girls as peacekeepers that they will construct belief in communities and “give hope to weak populations”.
“Most critically, they assist handle 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 via instance. that they, too, might be leaders and peace builders,” stated Mr. Wilson, who highlighted India’s investments in capacity-building for ladies in peace constructing and highlighted the Middle for United Nations Peacekeeping in New Delhi as a “international middle of excellence for gender responsive coaching”.
Indian girls have been serving in difficult areas equivalent to South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Wilson stated on the UN Peace Constructing Fee. “As we glance forward, India stays unwavering in its dedication to the WPS (Ladies Peace and Safety) agenda,” stated Mr. Wilson, asserting that India is able to lengthen experience and know-how concerning WPS with member international locations of the International South.
Printed – October 29, 2025 02:00 am IST