New York: India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Monday said India has played an active role in shaping the global counter-terrorism strategy.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Tirumurti said, “With regard to terrorism, India has always been at the forefront of pursuing a joint and collective effort to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We have been active in shaping the global community.” has played a role in the counter-terrorism strategy.”
Tirumurti further reiterated that India has done this in the past and will continue to do so in future also.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 25 September.
The deteriorating situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover has attracted global attention and according to Tirumurti, terrorism-related issues will be of utmost importance at the UNGA.
“On Afghanistan, our Prime Minister has already made his stand clear in his recent address at the SCO summit last week,” the Indian envoy said.
Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)-Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Outreach Summit on Afghanistan, the Prime Minister drew attention to issues related to Afghanistan’s development, noting that the transition of power in Afghanistan is not inclusive and has occurred. It’s without conversation.
“The prime minister tackled some very specific issues related to the non-inclusive non-negotiable transition of power. He emphasized the presentation of all sections, including women and minorities,” Tirumurti said.
Drawing attention of SCO member countries to the potential for increase in uncontrolled flow of drugs, illegal arms and human trafficking, PM Modi had said that in order to monitor these flows and enhance information sharing, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) ) mechanism can play a positive role.
“Afghanistan is facing a serious humanitarian crisis due to the effects of radicalization and instability on terrorism, extremist ideologies, growing radicalization, uncontrolled drug flow, illegal arms and human trafficking,” Tirumurti said.
He also talked about resolution 2593, which was passed by the UNSC under the chairmanship of India on August 30, 2021, with Russia and China abstaining from voting.
The resolution demands that Afghan territory should not be used to threaten or attack any country or to finance terrorist acts.
“We also have an important resolution, as you know, it was a resolution passed under our presidency at the UN Security Council on 30 August, and it is in many ways the benchmark for the situation in Afghanistan. And we also see one. There is a central role for the United Nations in this context, even for the international community to come and address them jointly and effectively,” Tirumurthy said.
He further reiterated that India will stop all attempts to undermine the collective resolve of member states to fight terrorism or provide justification for terrorism.
Elaborating on the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the most important issues on the upcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 25 September, he said, “India has been at the forefront of the fight The COVID pandemic. We will reinforce the many initiatives we have taken to ensure vaccine equity and ensure vaccine access and availability for developing countries that have not been covered by vaccine distribution.”
“And as I mentioned one of the topics for this year’s real debate is building resilience through hope of recovering from COVID-19, and many developing countries that do not have adequate access to vaccines. and are really extremely concerned about what we are doing. What to do next,” he added.
India has been at the forefront of fighting the pandemic through national efforts, multilateral and multilateral cooperation.
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