- The ‘UNITE AWARE’ mobile tech platform will help to improve the safety and security ofUnited Nations Peacekeepers in the line of duty.
- It will display terrain-related information, thus will increase the situational awareness of the peacekeepers.
- India has spent USD 1.64 million on the project and is developing it in partnership with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and Department of Operational Support.
- The information about the platform was shared by India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu at theUNSC Open Debate ‘Peacekeeping Operations: Improving safety and security of peacekeepers’.
- The mobile tech platform will be launched during India’s United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Presidency term in August 2021.
- Static Part:
- HQ of UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations: New York, USA
- UN’s Secretary-General for Peace Operations: Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Question:
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. India
d. Thailand
