In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent for a UN peacekeeping mission.

New York:

India will today deploy a platoon of women peacekeepers in Sudan's Abyei region as part of the Indian battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force.

According to a release issued by India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, this will be India's largest single contingent of women peacekeepers in a UN mission, after India raised an all-women contingent for the first time in Liberia in 2007. women contingent) was deployed. 

Let us tell you, in the year 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent for the UN peacekeeping mission.

Police units formed in Liberia provided 24-hour guard duty, night patrols in the capital Monrovia, and helped increase the capacity of the Liberian police.

According to the release, the Indian contingent, comprising two officers and 25 other ranks, will form part of an Engagement platoon, along with which they will also carry out extensive security work.

The presence of the Indian team would be welcome in Abyei as the recent escalation of violence in the region has served to raise challenging humanitarian concerns for women and children.

According to the release, the deployment of Indian peacekeeping contingents in Abei will also express India's intention to significantly increase the number of Indian women. 

The Security Council, by its Resolution 1990 of 27 June 2011, attempted to control the immediate situation in Abyei, Sudan by establishing the United Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA).

The Security Council expressed serious concern over the escalation of violence and tension in Abyei and the displacement of the population. 

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