Answering a question on how the UN ensures compliance on countering terrorism in countries like Pakistan, Svetlana Martynova said, "Each country is monitored by us for its compliance with UNSC resolutions on all topics, including countering the financing of terrorism, assessment and its comp
The UK Foreign Secretary today addressed the counter terrorism meeting and stressed the need to curb the exploitation of emerging technologies and starving terrorists of the vital funds used in terror activities.
UN Security Council members, including leading experts from the UN's operational partners and specialized agencies, come together in the national capital to discuss threats posed by the use of technologies for terrorist purposes.
The challenges, Vladimir Voronkov said, include identifying, monitoring, investigating, and prosecuting terrorist activities involving the use of new technologies.
India's Permanent Representative, who Counter-Terrorism Committee Chair, stressed the need for better collaboration to share big data-driven innovative solutions with States who lack the necessary resources.
Addressing the UNSC's special meeting in the national capital, Jaishankar said, "India will be making a voluntary contribution of half a million dollars to the UN Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year to augment the efforts of Office of Counter-Terrorism in providing capacity-building s
Characterising terrorism as one of the gravest threats to humanity, EAM said," The UN Security Council, in the past two decades, has evolved an important architecture, built primarily around the counter-terrorism sanctions regime, to combat this menace.
Terming terrorism as a global problem and a global threat, UK Foreign Secretary started off his address by thanking External Affairs Minister Jaishankar for using India's Security Council presidency to focus on this crucial issue.
Speaking about the special meeting, Kamboj said, that it reflects the urgency among nations to deal with terrorism. She also pointed out that the committee looks forward to defining ways how terrorists use technology for terrorism.
India is hosting the two-day anti-terrorism meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The meeting is being held under New Delhi's chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).