Source: PIB
Context:
India hosted the Conclave of Chiefs of UN Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) for the first time, in New Delhi from October 14-16, 2025, under the aegis of the Indian Army.
Objectives of the Conclave:
- Strengthen UN peacekeeping operations.
- Promote global stability through enhanced cooperation, consultation, and reform.
- Facilitate dialogue on operational challenges, technological integration, and training.
Participation:
- Over 30 military chiefs and senior officials from 32 nations, including key troop-contributing countries:
- Bangladesh
- Ethiopia
- Nepal
- Kenya
Key Highlights:
- Purpose of the Forum:
- Provide a platform to deliberate operational challenges, share best practices, and develop a common understanding of the future of peacekeeping.
- Focus on interoperability, technology adoption, and capacity building.
- Key Discussions:
- Adapting peacekeeping to modern threats like non-state actors, hybrid warfare, and disinformation.
- Enhancing coordination, consultation, and cooperation among troop-contributing countries.
- Emphasis on a “4C formula” by Indian Defence Minister: Consultation, Cooperation, Coordination, Capacity Building.
- Challenges Highlighted for Peacekeepers:
- Operating in volatile environments marked by terrorism and asymmetric warfare.
- Handling fragile political settlements, humanitarian crises, pandemics, and misinformation campaigns.
- Outcomes:
- Reinforced commitment to improve effectiveness and sustainability of UN peacekeeping operations.
- Highlighted the need for peace operations to be technologically advanced, adaptive, and cooperative.
