Unite Aware Platform : New Database
India launched a new database (Unite Aware platform) to record crimes against UN peacekeepers and monitor progress in holding perpetrators accountable.
- It was launched by the India-led Group of Friends (GOF) initiative in its second meeting to promote accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.
- The database will serve as an online repository to monitor and address cases of malicious acts against Peacekeepers.
- It will facilitate comprehensive analysis and drive effective strategies for promoting accountability.
- It is hosted on the Unite Aware platform.
- It implements the provisions of UN Security Council resolution 2589 (adopted in August 2021) which called upon troops hosting member states to bring to justice perpetrators of all acts of violence against United Nations personnel.
- On 16th December 2022, India launched a ‘Group of Friends’ to promote accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.
- It comprises 40 member states.
- It calls on member states to investigate, arrest, and prosecute perpetrators of crimes against peacekeepers (Blue Helmets) in line with international obligations, and to promote accountability both within and outside the UNSC in practical terms.
