UNITED NATIONS (TIP): On Wednesday, August 18, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made remarks on UN Peacekeeping efforts and the critical role technology plays in gathering intel and information, the second pillar of India’s presidency at the UNSC. He announced India’s decision to support to the UNITE Aware Platform, an initiative which will support UN peacekeeping missions to visualize, coordinate, and monitor all events on a real time basis. He further emphasized that attacks on a peacekeeper or a civilian should be predictable, preventable, or responded to immediately. You can find the text of his remarks here.

On Thursday, August 19, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar chaired a UNSC session on terrorism. He proposed an eight-point action plan for consideration, including: no justification and support to terrorism, no double standards on terrorists, support and strengthen FATF, and increased funding to the UN Office of Counter Terrorism.