The Group of Friends (GOF), made up of some forty countries including Morocco as co-chair, launched last Tuesday a platform dedicated to recording crimes perpetrated against UN peacekeepers working in peacekeeping operations (PKOs), reported the Indian outlet Hindi GS Times.
Currently chaired by India, GOF held its second meeting, during which member states deliberated on strategies to strengthen the legal framework against perpetrators of crimes against soldiers engaged in peacekeeping operations.
This initiative involves the creation of a new database, designed to document crimes perpetrated against peacekeepers to ensure that the perpetrators are brought before International Justice.
GOF was launched in 2022 during India’s presidency of the UN Security Council.
Morocco co-chairs the GOF, along with India, Bangladesh, Egypt, France and Nepal.