Under India's Presidency, UN Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution On Peacekeeping

At the meeting, two significant outcome documents were unanimously adopted and overwhelmingly supported - a Presidential Statement on "Peacekeeping and Technology" and a Resolution on "Accountability of crimes against UN Peacekeepers."

The UN Security Council, currently being presided over by India, on Wednesday unanimously adopted for the first time a resolution on ensuring accountability for crimes committed against UN peacekeepers besides calling on member states hosting peacekeeping operations to bring to justice perpetrators responsible for killing and committing acts of violence against the Blue Helmets. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired an open-debate under India's presidency of the Security Council on UN peacekeeping operations with the theme of "Protecting the protectors: technology and peacekeeping", the second signature event held as India presides over the powerful 15-member UN body for the month of August. At the meeting, two significant outcome documents were unanimously adopted and overwhelmingly supported - a Presidential Statement on "Peacekeeping and Technology" and a Resolution on "Accountability of crimes against UN Peacekeepers." Under the Indian Presidency, the Security Council unanimously adopted for the first time the resolution that calls for ensuring accountability for crimes committed against UN peacekeepers.