04 Aug 2022 Significance of hosting the UNSC Meet by India: An Analysis
Context: First time India will be hosting the UNSC Meet. In this Meet, 15 members of the UNSC, including 5 permanent members (China, Russia, Britain, France, and the USA ) and 10 temporary members will participate. The core topic of the UNSC Meet would be Terrorism. This meeting will be held in the month of October (29th October ) in Delhi and Mumbai
Introduction
- Terrorism has been the core problem for all the democratic countries of the world. Terrorism could not be curtailed up to now because some countries of the world, are funding and promoting terrorism for their own political and diplomatic interests. To counter international terrorism a committee “Counter-terrorism Committee” was founded in 2001 by UNSC. This CTC is now chaired by India. In October, a specific meeting would be called for discussing the measures to counter the Global Terrorism
- New Delhi is expected to highlight cross-border threats from Pakistan and Afghanistan at the meeting, which will come two months before India completes its tenure as an elected member of the UNSC (2021-22). Besides, India which has been pushing for opting for comprehensive measures against global terrorism for a long time would like to get the support of the big countries of the world against cross-border terrorism. India has been the victim of cross-border terrorism for a long time
Changing Nature of Terrorism
- The nature of global terrorism has changed. Now the terrorist are been financially supported by some countries like Pakistan. However, this financial support is recognized but the Action against this financial support would also be needed to curtail global terrorism
- the CTC meeting in India could also pave the way for a possible visit to New York by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December when India will be the President of the UNSC for the entire month. Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi had already chaired the UNSC in Aug 2021 during the COVID- 19 Pandemic.
The role of India against the Global Terrorism
- In fact, India has been the victim of terrorism for a long time. Terrorism in India is not the activities of the discount people against the government of India. Terrorism in India is a provoked and Pakistan-supported terrorism that has been promoted by Pakistan just after the partition. However, the internal disturbance can also be accepted.
- Terrorism in the northeast states is also an issue of concern which had evolved because of the issue of their cultural integrity. But nowadays, terrorism in Northeast states is also the result of cross-border activity. Some of the Naga revels are sheltered by the China government, India should raise the issue of Global terrorism in front of the world. terrorism is the act of inhuman and it should not be associated with any religion or political ambitions.
Conclusion
India is the world’s largest democratic country. Now India is chairing the CTC. Before the ending of the membership of India as an elected member of the UNSC, the hosting of the UNSC Meet on the issue of counter-terrorism is a big diplomatic achievement for India. India has been elected as the temporary member of the UNSC for the 8th time. Therefore India has great weightage in UNSC. India should use this opportunity and should get the support of the world against the cross border terrorism as well as the global terrorism
YojnaIAS daily current affairs eng med 4th August (1)
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