shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 15 More dangerously still they reveal a fatalism towards Indias own national security interests that will only damage us further as time goes by. Yes Russia is our largest arms provider and our supplies will be hit if we vote against it. But no Russia is not a reliable arms provider it has not been one since Putin came to power. Arms supplies are frequently longdelayed and Putin had used the delays to up the prices sometimes even double them. By contrast the French deliveries of the Rafael jets have been comparatively speedy. Far from helping us Putin has turned a blind eye to Chinas many acts of aggression against India. It was Russia that kept us out of Afghan peace negotiations in the very recent past. Russia did little to help us when China raised Kashmir at the UNSC in 2019 and 2020. It was the US and European countries that helped then – going against their own human rights principles. They are demilitarized zones in a specific area and for a specific time — and both sides of an armed conflict agree to them. 110 The United Nations considers humanitarian corridors to be one of several possible forms of a temporary pause of armed conflict. What are they used for? Via these corridors either food and medical aid can be brought to areas of conflict or civilians can be evacuated. Need for and significance of these corridors The corridors are necessary when cities are under siege and the population is cut off from basic food supplies electricity and water. In cases where a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds because the international law of war is being violated humanitarian corridors can provide crucial relief. Who sets them up? In most cases humanitarian corridors are negotiated by the United Nations. Sometimes theyre also set up by local groups. Concerns over misuse They can be used by UN observers NGOs and journalists to gain access to contested areas where war crimes are being committed shine india monthly magazine buy.
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