India, which will chair the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in 2022, voted in favor of a resolution to renew the mandate of the CTC Executive Directorate, as it allowed nations to label “terrorism”. To stand united against the trend”. Works on the basis of its inspiration”.
The United Nations Security Council, through its written tacit process, renewed the mandate of the Executive Directorate of the Committee on Counter-Terrorism (CTED) until December 31, 2025. An interim review will be conducted in December 2023.
India on Thursday voted in favor of the #UNSC resolution to renew the mandate of the “Executive Directorate of Counter-Terrorism Committee @UN_CTED. India will chair the #SecurityCouncil’s #CounterTerrorism Committee with effect from January 1, 2022, for one year, TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations tweeted.
India, in its clarification about the vote, said that it is committed to taking all necessary measures along with other member states towards the goal of zero tolerance for terrorism.
“As Chairman of the CTC for 2022, India will make a determined effort to further enhance the role of the CTC in strengthening the multilateral response to counter terrorism, and more importantly ensure that the threat of terrorism is The global response has been clear, undivided and effective,” India said in an explanation of the vote.
India further called upon the member states to “stand united against the trend of labeling acts of terrorism on the basis of their motivation. Such a categorization would make the global community “My Terrorist” versus “Your Terrorist” pre-9/11. will take you back to the era of
“We cannot allow anyone to provide any kind of justification for terrorist acts anywhere. Countering terrorism should be at the center of our common agenda, not at its periphery.”
The CTC is assisted by the Executive Directorate (CTED), which carries out its policy decisions and conducts expert assessments of 193 UN member states.
CTED visits the country on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee to assess member states’ counter-terrorism efforts, including priority areas for progress, balance reductions, and technical assistance needs, as well as trends and challenges related to terrorism and Involves identifying good practices. Engaged in the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions, the CTC website said.
India, which completed the first year of its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UNSC, chaired the Taliban Sanctions Committee and the Libya Sanctions Committee this year.
India will chair the Anti-Terrorism Committee from January 1, 2022. The former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, Hardeep Singh Puri, chaired the CTC for the period 2011–12, when India was the last in the UNSC as a non-permanent member.
India said it has been facing the menace of cross-border terrorism for decades and has always been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts.
Noting that in June this year, the 7th Review Resolution of the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly, India described the “unfortunate” efforts being made to undermine the hard-earned consensus.
“The tendency to impose more sanctions on member states, even at the cost of containing their ability to effectively deal with the threat of terrorism, is worrying.”
India said that the dynamic nature of the threat of terrorism and its widespread impact on all sections of the society revealed the need to use a synergy of the private sector, civil society organisations, academic institutions and think-tanks to tackle the menace of terrorism. Is.
“The need of the hour is the approach of the whole society to combat terrorism. Such an approach would particularly help national governments address the threats posed by terrorist groups using new technologies such as the Internet and social media for propaganda, organization and recruitment, new methods of financing such as cryptocurrencies, cross-in Use of drones- smuggling across the border to carry out complex attacks on drugs, weapons and even neighboring countries,” it said.
India said that for this purpose, it welcomes CTED’s partnership with the private sector and international bodies, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to address these challenges.
It added that CTED’s engagement with civil society organizations needs to become more geographically inclusive and representative.
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