India To Chair three Key Committees Of UN Safety Council, Says Envoy
India can be chairing three key subsidiary our bodies of UNSC all over in 2021-22 (Report)
New York:
India has been requested to chair 3 essential committees of the Safety Council, which contains Taliban Sanctions Committee, Counterterrorism Committee, and the Libyan Sanctions Committee, mentioned Ambassador of India to UN TS Tirumurti on Friday.
“Glad to announce that Flag of India #India can be chairing three key subsidiary our bodies of @UN #SecurityCouncil all over #IndiainUNSC (2021-22): Rightwards arrow Taliban sanctions committee, Rightwards arrow #CounterTerrorism committee (for 2022), Rightwards arrow #Libya sanctions committee,” TS Tirumurti wrote in a tweet.
“The Taliban Sanctions Committee, often known as the 1988 Sanctions Committee, has at all times been a top precedence for India. Chairing this committee at this juncture will assist stay the focal point at the presence of terrorists and their sponsors, threatening the peace procedure in Afghanistan,” Mr Tirumurti mentioned a video message hooked up with the tweet.
“India will even chair the Counterterrorism Committee in 2022, which coincides with the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence. The chairing of this committee has a different resonance for India, which has no longer simplest been at the leading edge of preventing terrorism, particularly cross-border terrorism however has additionally been one among its greatest sufferers,” he mentioned.
This committee used to be shaped in September 2001 quickly after the tragic terrorist assault of 9/11 in New York, whilst India had chaired this Committee within the Safety Council in 2011-12.
Mr Tirumurti additional mentioned that the Libya Sanctions Committee, often known as the 1970 Sanctions Committee, is a vital subsidiary frame of the council, which implements the sanctions regime, together with a two-way hands embargo on Libya, an belongings freeze, a shuttle ban, measures on illicit export of petroleum, and so on.
“We can be assuming the chair of this committee at a essential juncture when there’s a world focal point on Libya and on their peace procedure,” he added.
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