General Assembly approves UN regular budget for 2022
The world body has a separate budget for its peacekeeping operations
The world body has a separate budget for its peacekeeping operations
UNMOGIP replaced the UN Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) originally established in January 1948 to investigate and mediate the dispute between the two countries on the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Peacekeeping operations under the UN add to their legitimacy and limit the implications for the host country's sovereignty. Peacekeepers from outside a conflict, open doors that would otherwise remain closed for collective peace efforts. Peacekeeping prevents the resumption of fighting following a conflict. It does not address the underlying causes of violence, nor does it work to create societal change, as peacebuilding does. Peacekeeping strives to create conditions that favour lasting peace
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Defense Minister Suh Wook will co-chair the event, with the peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
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