India promises $150,000 to UN peace missions

India has announced a pledge of $ 150,000 to activities of the Peace building Fund this year and said that 2021 provides the international community with an opportunity to look at peacebuilding in a more focused manner, especially in the context of the COVID pandemic.

While I would like to assure you all of our sincere commitment to remain engaged in peacebuilding, we extend our support to the activities of the Peacebuilding Fund and as a token of our engagement, India would like to announce today a pledge of USD 150,000 to the fund’s activities and programme this year, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said.

In a virtual address to the High-Level Replenishment Conference for the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, he said India believes that 2021 provides the international community with an opportunity to look at peacebuilding in the broader context and in a more focused manner, especially in the context of the COVID pandemic, which is threatening to erode the gains made over the years.

He added that the recently concluded 2020 review of the UN peace building architecture provides a framework to strengthen peace building collectively.

TV BRICS reports with reference to Trinity Mirror.