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South Asia may be languishing at the bottom of the global human development index but it has a feather in its cap — it is right at the top as far as UN Peace-Keeping Missions go. Roughly 40% of the 88,754 soldiers of different nationalities currently deployed around the world in 17 UN peace-keeping missions belong to South Asian countries . The latest figures show Pakistan is first place among 117 troop-contributing nations, with 10,590 of its soldiers participating in UN missions . It is followed by Bangladesh with 9,211 men in blue (UN) helmets and India with 8,724. Accordingly, were troops contribution to be the criterion for UN permanent Security Council (UNSC) membership, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India should stand a good chance of getting it, instead of the UK, US and Russia, which are ranked a lowly 42nd, 43rd and 44th respectively. They contribute just 280-320 personnel each. Yet, developed countries continue to dominate the UN's decision-making processes and the develo...