UNSC Meeting on Counterterrorism

India will host diplomats of the 15-nation UNSC in October for a special meeting on counter-terrorism.

In view of the growing threat of misuse of new and emerging technologies, the UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), with its Executive Directorate (CTED), decided to hold a special meeting on the issue. India on 29 October 2022.
The meeting will focus on three significant areas where emerging technologies are experiencing
1. Rapid development
2. Growing use by the Member States (including for security and counter-terrorism purposes)
3. The increasing threat of abuse for terrorism.
Specifically focused on three significant areas are
1. The Internet and social media,
2. Terrorism financing, and
3. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

India is expected to highlight cross-border threats from Pakistan and Afghanistan at the meeting, which will come two months before India completes its tenure as an elected member of the UNSC (2021-22).
In addition, India has been pushing for the UN members to adopt a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (first proposed in 1996), which is likely to be raised during the meeting.
The event will showcase India’s role as a victim of terrorism and a country at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts.
CTC meeting in India could also pave the way for the Prime Minister’s possible visit to New York in December, where India will be the President of the UNSC for the entire month.

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security.
Established by the UN Charter in 1945, the UN Security Council or UNSC is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
It is headquartered in New York.
UNSC is the only UN body with authority to issue binding resolutions to member states.

The UNSC consists of 15 members
- The Security Council has five permanent members—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—collectively known as the P5. Any one of them can veto a resolution.
- The council’s ten elected members, which serve two-year, nonconsecutive terms, are not afforded veto power. These members are elected by a two-thirds vote of the UN General Assembly

Presidency of UNSC
- The council’s presidency is a capacity that rotates among its 15 members.
- The presidency changes hands every month between its members in the English alphabetical order of the member states’ names.

The Counter-Terrorism Committee is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security Council.
CTC is formed in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US.
The Committee was tasked with monitoring the implementation of resolution 1373 which requested countries to implement several measures aimed at enhancing their legal and institutional ability to counter terrorist activities at home and around the world.
It is not a sanctions body nor does it maintain a list of terrorist groups or individuals

Pic Courtesy: India Today

Content Source: The Hindu

Created on August 04, 2022 By

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