India UN Security Council on Thursday.
India called on the UNSC not to take a “selective approach” on the scourge of terrorism and have the courage to say “double talk” of those who provide state hospitality to those who have innocent blood on their hands.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar presiding over the high level UN Security Council The UN Security Council briefing on ‘threats to international peace and security due to terrorist acts’, held under India’s current presidency, said the increasing activities of the banned Haqqani network justify this growing concern.
“In our own neighbourhood, ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K) has become more energetic and is constantly trying to expand its footprint. The events in Afghanistan naturally have their implications for both regional and international security. has increased global concerns about it,” he said.
“Whether in Afghanistan or against India, groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) continue to operate with both impunity and encouragement,” Jaishankar said.
It is therefore important that the Security Council “does not take a selective, strategic or complacent approach to the problems facing us,” the foreign minister said.
“We should never turn our backs on terrorists to safe havens or neglect to increase their resources,” he said.
Without naming Pakistan, where banned UN terrorists and terrorist groups enjoy safe haven and state support, Jaishankar said: “When we see in their hands state hospitality is being extended to innocent people, We should not lack the courage to overcome their duality. -Speak.”
He also drew parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the menace of terrorism, telling the 15-nation powerful UN body that “we must always remember that what is true about COVID is even more true of terrorism: None of us is safe as long as all of us are safe.”
Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist on whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty, has been sentenced to 36 years in prison on five counts of terror financing. He is serving a prison term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail for his conviction in terror financing cases.
The Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) is the front organization for the Lashkar which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 166 people, including six Americans.
In 2019, United Nations Designated Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”.
Azhar, India’s most wanted terrorist, has been charge-sheeted in several cases ranging from the 2001 Parliament attack to the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing.
India called on the UNSC not to take a “selective approach” on the scourge of terrorism and have the courage to say “double talk” of those who provide state hospitality to those who have innocent blood on their hands.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar presiding over the high level UN Security Council The UN Security Council briefing on ‘threats to international peace and security due to terrorist acts’, held under India’s current presidency, said the increasing activities of the banned Haqqani network justify this growing concern.
“In our own neighbourhood, ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K) has become more energetic and is constantly trying to expand its footprint. The events in Afghanistan naturally have their implications for both regional and international security. has increased global concerns about it,” he said.
“Whether in Afghanistan or against India, groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) continue to operate with both impunity and encouragement,” Jaishankar said.
It is therefore important that the Security Council “does not take a selective, strategic or complacent approach to the problems facing us,” the foreign minister said.
“We should never turn our backs on terrorists to safe havens or neglect to increase their resources,” he said.
Without naming Pakistan, where banned UN terrorists and terrorist groups enjoy safe haven and state support, Jaishankar said: “When we see in their hands state hospitality is being extended to innocent people, We should not lack the courage to overcome their duality. -Speak.”
He also drew parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the menace of terrorism, telling the 15-nation powerful UN body that “we must always remember that what is true about COVID is even more true of terrorism: None of us is safe as long as all of us are safe.”
Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist on whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty, has been sentenced to 36 years in prison on five counts of terror financing. He is serving a prison term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail for his conviction in terror financing cases.
The Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) is the front organization for the Lashkar which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 166 people, including six Americans.
In 2019, United Nations Designated Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”.
Azhar, India’s most wanted terrorist, has been charge-sheeted in several cases ranging from the 2001 Parliament attack to the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing.
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