Indians, Pakistanis join hands in Congo battle

[nightrider_saulat]

may be we can say this the beginning of a new start

 

[paritosh]

these things show how much we've grown tired of hating each other.
We find happiness in hearing about such stories every now and then.
There's too much hate in the world.

 

[paritosh]

Just because some Pakistanis and Indians fought against some African rebels you guys are singing bhai bhai.

Go check anywhere on the internet where it mentions Pakistan, check indian forums, watch indian news, see what kind of comments Indians write, Indians hate us. If tomorrow America announces a war against Pakistan, Indians all across the world will jump for joy. They hate Pakistanis and hate the idea of Pakistan.

this also shows that we need the smallest ray of hope to show respect to each other.
Hate has brought both of us a long way from being the people of one nation...while we can't turn back the clock...we can save ourselves from treading further on the path of hatred.

 

[Kasrkin]

Omar1984 Pakistan and India still have issues, ofcourse they do. In fact we're not anywhere near real peace than we were 50 years ago. However somethings have changed, these small occasions and instances may not have too much significance in the larger context. But they're still to be appreciated as exceptions in the norm, maybe some day they'll have more consequence.

Your views are fine, but you can express them in a more tactful and respectable way. You can say this will not change much in terms of India's or Pakistan attitude, that would be true. But as a senior member it is your responsibility not to bring confrontation and off topic bickering into every thread, because we have enough of those already. If you don't appreciate the mood developing a in a thread, then just leave it.

Hope that helps.

 

[EjazR]

Its nice to see South Asian countries taking a lead in UN Peacekeeping forces

UN `thrilled' at Obama peacekeeping meeting - Taiwan News Online

The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Tuesday he's "thrilled" that President Barack Obama plans to meet next week with the unsung countries that contribute the most troops and police to the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping missions _ and to offer more U.S. help.

"We consider that they are doing an incredible job _ all in very difficult situations," Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy said. "I understand that president Obama wants to say that with his own words. But also, he wants to say that the U.S. wants to contribute more to helping and to strengthen peacekeeping operations."

The United Nations has nearly 115,000 troops, police and civilians deployed in 16 peacekeeping missions from Africa and the Mideast to Cyprus, Kosovo, Western Sahara and Haiti. But it has had trouble finding soldiers, helicopters and other key assets for several important operations, and it has sent troops to places _ including Darfur and Congo _ where there is no peace to keep.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Monday that Obama's meeting with major police- and troop-contributing countries on the sidelines of next week's ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly was an opportunity for the president to recognize the "often largely unheralded contributions" of countries that "are doing essential work to build peace and security in fragile situations."

Those countries include Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Nepal, Rwanda, Egypt, Jordan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Italy, Uruguay, Senegal, South Africa and China.

"We are thrilled" that Obama will be meeting the police and troop contributors, Le Roy said.

Rice told the Security Council in August that the U.S. is "ready to invest in U.N. peacekeeping, even in a time of economic crisis, because this truly global enterprise serves a shared interest and offers millions of people the prospect of a more secure, prosperous and dignified future."

Le Roy told a press conference Tuesday that the United States doesn't intend "for the time being to send additional troops or a significant number of police because ... they are already stretched in Afghanistan."

"But they are ready to find ways to help more those who are on the ground _ maybe with equipment, airlifting," he said, noting that the U.S. flew Rwandan troops to Darfur to be part of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in the conflict-wracked western region of Sudan.

"They are now trying to see by all means how they can strengthen the peacekeeping operation because they understand _ and president Obama was very clear on that _ ... the invaluable contribution to peace and security in the world," Le Roy said.

Rice announced in August that the U.S. will pay US$2.2 billion it owes to fund the U.N. peacekeeping operations, a move Le Roy again called "very good news."

The United States pays about 25 percent of the U.N. peacekeeping budget. The latest budget, approved several months ago, totals $7.4 billion for peacekeeping plus $800,000 for a dozen special political missions, according to Susanna Malcorra, the undersecretary-general responsible for staffing and equipping U.N. field-based peace operations.

 

[The King Hamza]

thats more like it.

 

[Shinigami]

thats more like it.

its 7 year old news, let it go

 

[Unknowncommando]

Nic news read it first time.

 

[Ibrahim.]

white devil vs the the nuwabian race of gods