As India’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj has handed in her credentials to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
She will then become the nation’s first female envoy to the world organization’s headquarters in New York with this. She took over from T.S. Tirumurti’s position as India’s UN ambassador.
India has emphasized peacebuilding and maintaining peace at the UN Security Council following the recent deaths of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) needs to be more effective in carrying out its convening duties.” The UNSC’s charge d’affaires, Ambassador R. Ravindra, stated that to address the financial shortfall, it must take a more proactive role in the Peacebuilding Fund’s activities.
Since the PBC’s inception, India has recognized its importance and has greatly valued its advisory, bridging, and convening functions.
Through its extensive development cooperation with South American nations, India has consistently contributed positively and significantly to the process of fostering peace. India continues to offer generous grants and low-interest loans to nations in post-conflict situations through bilateral and multilateral fora.
In July, two members of the Border Security Force (BSF) who were serving on a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died from injuries they sustained during violent protests.
On Wednesday, the Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) and all ranks offered their condolences for the passing of HC Shishupal Singh and HC Sanwala Ram Vishnoi, who was serving with the UN Peacekeeping contingent (@MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Both of the deceased individuals were head constables and natives of Rajasthan.
Two BSF platoons, each with 70–74 members, had been placed in the region and inducted in May. (ANI)
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Past history of Ruchira Kamboj
Kamboj, a member of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) who graduated in 1987 and was the first female Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan, was working as India’s envoy to Bhutan when she was killed in the attack.
She topped the Civil Services batch of 1987 and the Foreign Service batch of 1987, making her the All-India women’s topper in both of those categories.
She began her career in diplomacy in Paris, France, where she served as the Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in France from 1989 until 1991. Her posting there was for three years.
After completing her studies in Paris, she moved back to Delhi and accepted a position as an under-secretary in the Europe West Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. She served in this capacity from 1991 until 1996.
She worked at the Indian High Commission in Port Louis, on the island of Mauritius, from 1996 until 1999, holding the positions of First Secretary (Economic and Commercial) and Head of Chancery during that time.
Between the months of July 2017 and March 2019, Kamboj served as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of South Africa while also holding concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Lesotho.
On the 17th of May 2019, she was officially sworn in as India’s envoy to Bhutan.
Additionally, Kamboj held the position of Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from the years 2002 until 2005.
She held the position of India’s Consul General in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2006 until 2009, during which time she maintained a close working relationship with the Parliament of South Africa.
During this time, she was also responsible for coordinating the state visits of the President of India to Cape Town in 2008 and the President of the Congress Party to Cape Town in 2007, the latter of which was designated by the South African government as a State Visit. Both of these trips took place during this time period.
Ruchira Kamboj is a mother to their daughter and is married to Diwakar Kamboj, a successful businessman. Her late father served as an officer in the Indian Army, and her surviving mother worked as a writer and professor of Sanskrit at the University of Delhi until she retired.
