- 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:
Q.1 Which country to launch mobile tech platform named ‘UNITE AWARE’ for the United Nations Peacekeepers?
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. India
d. Thailand
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. India
d. Thailand
