Author: The Kootneeti Team
UN peacekeeping is an international effort aimed at maintaining peace and stability in conflict-ridden regions around the world. It involves sending military, police, and civilian personnel from UN member states to these areas with...
Introduction Protecting civilians is the UN’s priority objective. Although it is the primary responsibility of the host state to protect its people, the peacekeepers have the moral responsibility to protect innocent civilians from the...
Protection of Civilians (PoC) mandates have rightly captured the central narrative of UN Peace Operations (UNPOs). It is essential to acknowledge that a key to the successful implementation of the mandate also rests on...
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) consists of a set of rules that govern how states behave in war. These rules can also be called the law of war or the law of armed conflict. The...
What is IHL? International Humanitarian Law or IHL is the special branch of public international law that deals with the laws of war or armed conflict. The objective of these set of rules is...
Diplomacy has long been touted as an essential tool for resolving conflicts without violence. However, in an increasingly complex world strained by nationalism and power politics, does diplomacy really live up to its promise...
Press Release The United Service Institution of India (USI), the country’s oldest think tank established in 1870, is organizing its Annual UN Forum 2023 (#UAUF23) on 21-22 November 2023 in New Delhi. The two-day...
The 5th India-Philippines Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting took place on Thursday, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo. The meeting, held in the national...
The jungle operates on a simple principle – it grows back. No matter how one attempts to create a semblance of organization, it has a tendency for chaos to grow back. This is the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a historic state visit to the United States, commencing with his arrival in New York. The reception he received at the John F Kennedy International Airport was truly...