India at the forefront of the fight against terrorism: TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
New York:
Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti announced on Wednesday that India’s annual resolution on the issue of counterterrorism is co-sponsored by more than 75 countries and adopted by consensus by the Assembly’s First Committee. General of the United Nations.
“India at the forefront of the fight against terrorism. Delighted that the annual resolution presented by India > has been co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted today by consensus by the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, ”Tirumurti wrote on Twitter.
India, a victim of state-sponsored cross-border terrorism, has been at the forefront of highlighting the grave threat to international peace and security emanating from the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups.
India at the forefront of the fight against terrorism
I am delighted that the annual resolution tabled by India “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction” was co-sponsored by more than 75 countries and adopted today by consensus in the First Committee of the United Nations. United Nations General Assembly.
– PR UN Tirumurti (@ambtstirumurti) November 4, 2020
Through its annual resolution “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction”, India called for greater international cooperation to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.
This resolution, co-sponsored by more than 75 countries, was adopted by consensus without a vote.
India’s call for stronger domestic measures to address this issue in the General Assembly also predates the adoption of Security Council resolution 1540, which obliges all states to refrain from ” assist non-state actors by any means whatsoever to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems.
