India launches UNITE Aware Platform in collaboration with UN

India launches UNITE Aware Platform in collaboration with UN

• India has launched a tech platform named “UNITE Aware”, in collaboration with the UN, for improving the safety and security of the UN peacekeepers.
• The platform was launched in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the UN headquarters. The launch of the UNITE AWARE platform came as India assumed the Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council for the month of August.
• India has contributed USD 1.64 million for UNITE Aware. UNITE Aware platform will provide terrain-related information to the United Nations military personnel (Blue Helmets) in the line of duty.
• India has developed the technology platform in partnership with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Operational Support.

Points to remember:

1. Name of the app launched by India for improving the safety and security of the UN peacekeepers?

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