"Keep troops from undemocratic nations out"

"Keep troops from undemocratic nations out"
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

UNITED NATIONS, FEB 15: India has warned UN against including troops from countries where armed forces have destroyed democracy at home in its peacekeeping contingents.

"Introduction of contingents from military dictatorships in countries riven by conflict, alienation and misrule would send a wrong message and defeat the very purpose of such an operation," India's acting permanent representative to the world body Satyabrata Pal said addressing the United Nations special committee on peacekeeping operations on Monday.

Moreover, if the UN is promoting democracy in countries where its absence has been a cause of conflict, it can hardly be done by military even from democratic states as the armed forces have little understanding of tasks of governance and development, he said.