External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar, announced the rollout of a mobile tech platform at the UN Security Council. What is the name of this platform?
[A] UNITE Peace
[B] UNITE Aware
[C] UNITE X
[D] UNITE World
Answers
B [UNITE Aware]
Notes:
External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar, announced the rollout of “UNITE Aware” tech to help protect UN peacekeepers.
He made this announcement at the UN headquarters in New York while he was chairing UN Security Council open debate on “Technology and Peacekeeping”.
He noted that, UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in challenging situations involving terrorists, armed groups and non-state actors. Because of nature of peacekeeping has become more complex, it is significant that capabilities are in pace to secure the peace keepers.
He highlighted that, 21st-century peacekeeping must be anchored in a strong ecosystem comprising of technology and innovation in order to facilitate UN peacekeeping operations.
He announced India’s support to UN in roll out of UNITE AWARE.
UNITE AWARE is a mobile tech platform developed by India to provide terrain-related information to the UN peacekeepers so as to ensure their safety. It is being developed in partnership with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Operational Support. India has spent 1.64 million USD for this project.