UNITED NATIONS, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Thursday asked for more efforts from the international community to boost women's participation in peacekeeping.
Efforts must be made to create conditions for women's wider participation in peacekeeping, Ma Zhaoxu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, told the United Nations Security Council.
The international community should strengthen communication to increase support for women's participation in peacekeeping. A favorable environment should be created for women's participation in terms of training, deployment and field operations, he said at the council's open debate on women in peacekeeping.
Ma also called for attention to the national conditions of troop-contributing countries in efforts to gradually increase women's participation in peacekeeping. Such efforts can start on trial basis before they become general practice, said Ma.
Expanding women's participation in peacekeeping requires concerted efforts of all parties, he said.
Developed countries should increase their participation in UN peacekeeping and demonstrate their support for women's participation with real action, he said.
