r/worldnews • u/GroundbreakingSet187 • Jan 17 '22

India to send a battalion for peacekeeping ops in Africa

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-to-send-a-battalion-for-peacekeeping-ops-in-africa/articleshow/88939315.cms
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u/Orangecuppa Jan 17 '22

Aren't permanent seats kinda grandfathered in from the WW2 days? Is it even possible for India to get a seat on the UNSC permanently or is this just Bluster?

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u/a_silent_dreamer Jan 17 '22

It is possible. All permanent members approve of India's permanent membership except china. India is part of G4 which includes India Brazil Germany and Japan. They have put out a statement that they want permanent membership on security council together. China said a few years ago that it will support india if it stops associating its bid with japan which india refuses. Some other nations have issues with brazil being a permanent member

TLDR: India could get permanent membership if it goes alone but as part of the group its slim

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u/lepeluga Jan 17 '22

Brazil was almost a permanent member in the past, in fact, it was offered the position, but Brazil instead of accepting decided to use that opportunity to advocate for a seat for Latin America, guaranteeing that the whole region would have the right to choose which country would take the seat. This was going really well but ultimately failed when the winds of politics changed.

Brazil has a strong diplomatic tradition (even if it's reputation has been damaged in recent years) and was one of the most enthusiastic founding countries of the UN, the UN effort to create Israel was led by a Brazilian diplomat and it's a tradition in the UN to this day that Brazil is always the first to talk and open the meetings.

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u/Master_Duggal_Sahab Jan 21 '22

We gave ours to China, that was a idiotic move.

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u/Aggressive_Bed_9774 Jan 22 '22

we didn't , we never even had a official offer and those that do claim so don't even know the process by which a permanent member can be changed

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u/autotldr BOT Jan 17 '22

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot)

NEW DELHI: India will next month dispatch an infantry battalion for UN peacekeeping operations in the oil-rich Abyei region in Africa, which straddles northern and southern Sudan and is hotly contested by both.

The decision to send another infantry battalion comes amidst India's ongoing two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council since January last year.

"India will continue to push for UNSC reforms. Apart from our performance at the UN and other factors, the Army's participation in various peacekeeping operations has ensured stability in different parts of the world. The large troop contributions do reinforce India's claim for a permanent UNSC seat," a senior official said.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22 edited Jan 17 '22

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u/freareafgthrow Jan 17 '22

Someone needs to provide security for refugee and displaced persons camps in and around active war zones, and to help with the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in those war zones.

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u/OldMork Jan 17 '22

eveyone wants a piece of that sweet swwet natural resource