India votes in favour of UNSC resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

India voted in favour of UNSC resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

India has voted in favour of a UN Security Council resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, underlining that the Council should exercise its oversight on the delivery of assistance as well as guard against any possible diversion of funds.

“India supported the resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said on Wednesday.