Appreciation by Major General Dr. Rajan Kochhar, VSM

It Was a pleasure to be part of panel on Human Rights Day at India Islamic Centre Lodhi Road on 10 Dec 2024 organised by All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice and presented views on bringing peace and tolerance amongst communities and furtherance of human rights and social equality. Currently 34 nations are at war with over 110 million refugees across the world. United Nations expenditure on peace building and peace making is 49.6B US dollars. It would also be interesting to note that only over 4% of conflicts bring peace thereafter. Military budgets have increased in 93 countries and overall conflicts have impacted 13.5% of global GDP. Therefore its time this realisation dawns on all of us and it becomes imperative to resolve our differences through diplomacy, mediation and negotiation. Need to embrace peace, empathy and cooperation