India is planning two initiatives for female personnel from South East Asia later this year in response to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's proposal from last year for an initiative on "Women in United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) Operations" as a part of enhancing defense cooperation between India and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations).
The 75tt U.N. Peacekeepers Day was observed on 29 March and India, one of the countries that supplies the most troops to UNPK, has around 5,900 troops deployed in 12 U.N. Missions.
In order to provide training for Peacekeeping Operations, the Indian Army created a CUNPK in New Delhi. The Center presently trains more than 12,000 troops every year. In addition to that, India has sent Female Engagement Teams, the second largest deployment of women after Liberia, to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. India has also sent female staff officers, military observers, and women military police to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, among other missions.
