Under India's Presidency, UN Security Council Adopts Statement To Curb Terror Acts

The declaration was adopted during the meeting of the CTC held in New Delhi and Mumbai on October 28-29 this year under the chairmanship of India.

The UN Security Council, under India's presidency, adopted a Presidential Statement on Thursday underscoring the obligation of nations to curb terror activities of blacklisted individuals and groups regardless of their "nationality" and the need to deny safe havens and prosecute perpetrators of terrorism.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday presided over a UN Security Council briefing on 'Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts: Global counter-terrorism approach -principles and the way forward', the second signature event held under India's presidency of the Council for the month of December.

At the meeting, the 15-nation Council adopted the Presidential Statement that significantly welcomed the adoption of the "Delhi Declaration on Countering the Use of New and Emerging Technologies for Terrorist Purposes" by the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), and called on CTC to consider developing, with the support of CTED, within a reasonable period, a set of non-binding guiding principles, as provided in the declaration.

The declaration was adopted during the meeting of the CTC held in New Delhi and Mumbai on October 28-29 this year under the chairmanship of India.