INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and
said that it had provided nearly $4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.At a UNGA Annual Joint Debate on the Reports of
immediate neighbourhood, we are continuing to help our good friend and neighbour Sri Lanka to ensure food security by providing nearly $4
established in 2017, she said that in a short span of five years, the Fund has developed a portfolio of 66 development projects in
partnership with 51 developing countries, including 17 countries in Africa, focusing on South-owned, South-led, demand-driven Sustainable
Development Projects (SDGs).Since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict, in order to mitigate the adverse effects of the destruction of food
and commodity supply chains, India has also been providing financial and food assistance to countries in need.India has always played a
constructive and significant role in the context of peace building through its extensive development partnership with countries of the
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, India stood in solidarity with the Global South, further strengthening existing developmental
partnerships guided by Kampala Principles enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2018 during his address to the Ugandan
Indian Ambassador to the UN.Talking about PBC, she said that the world today has come to a better grasp of complex and interlinked facets of
peace building.The world today has come to a better grasp of complex and interlinked facets of peacebuilding
The global perspective on addressing conflicts has undergone a massive shift from resolution, reconciliation, and recovery to prevention and
reconstruction, thereby making peacebuilding a critical pillar in our collective response to conflict situations.India, as one of the
leading troop and police-contributing countries to UN Peacekeeping Missions, has been an active member of PBC since its inception.Speaking
under the blue flag, 177 gallant Indian soldiers have made the supreme sacrifice, the largest number among the troops contributing and
thanked Egypt for its contribution to PBC initiatives.Ms Kamboj further presented three submissions to enhance support and increased focus
in order to advance national peace building objectives
Thus, an exclusively donor-driven approach to peace building would not be the most prudent part to follow, 2) the ongoing discourse on
enhanced financial support for peace building activities through sources other than voluntary contributions merits an in-depth and careful
study of its ramifications on the UN ecosystem, any decision to that effect must be consensus-based
Furthermore, the PBC should exercise its convening role more effectively, 3) it is important to set clear benchmarks and criteria for an
Indian envoy.Ms Kamboj also reiterated that India will continue to be a force-multiplier in all peace building efforts, driven very much by
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