UN peacebuilding work doesn’t represent even 1% of its budget: India

India has said that the UN’s  peacebuilding work lacks adequate funding and highlighted that it does not represent even 1 per cent of the organisation’s peacekeeping budget.

Gitesh Sarma, Additional Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, said sustaining peace required a comprehensive understanding of both challenges and opportunities, as well as serious international efforts to ensure greater peace and prosperity.

“Concrete action would also require a much greater commitment and longer-term political engagement and investment, including financial contributions to activities that helped build and sustain peace,” Sarma said.