Syed
Akbaruddin, India’s permanent representative to the UN Ambassador, said, "The scale of
challenge facing all our countries is daunting. No state is immune to this threat as
continuing terrorist attacks across the
world, many of them with links
beyond the borders
of the affected state continue to
demonstrate."
Akbaruddin was addressing on behalf of India at the UN Counter—Terrorism Centre's
(UNCCT) as advisory board member. He also added that "No one
country, however rich
or powerful, will be
able to defeat
this acting alone.
Genuine and effective
international cooperation is absolutely essential to meeting this
challenge and is in our collective interest."
He pointed that financing of terrorism is
crucial in the
fight against terrorism and welcomes the work of UNCCT
and hopes the activities in
this area to be expand
beyond the initiatives of Mock
Trials.
The statement of India's UN Ambassador adds "The growth of the phenomenon
of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF)
poses increasing threats and
challenges and needs
to be effectively
countered. The work of
the UNCCT on
this issue needs
to take into account
this
widespread malaise and
requires to be
expanded to cover
all regions that
are affected by this menace.
As we have emphasised in earlier meetings, strengthening the legal capacities of member states to counter terrorism is also very important in this fight to ensure the rule of law. We welcome the “Case Management Tool” that has been tailored along with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime. The UNCCT working in unison with other UN agencies can be of assistance in strengthening the capacity of national legal systems to effectively prosecute and punish acts of terrorism."
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