Address threats to UN peace keeping missions: Army Chief

New Delhi: Observing that UN peacekeeping operations were becoming “more complex” due to threats posed by non-state actors in conflict zones, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today said this problem should be addressed “much more seriously”.
India is the third largest contributor to UN Peacekeeping missions after Bangladesh and Pakistan and it has despatched around 8,000 troops in places like Congo, Sudan, Lebanon and the Golan Heights.
“Peacekeeping operations are becoming more complex and challenging… It is easy to deal with state players. But, as far as non-state players are concerned, the possibility of what they will do and how they will convert their own capability and their influences on the state to the detriment of the peace-keeping mission needs to be seen much more seriously,” he said here.