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India wants UN to adopt anti-terror Convention
United Nations, Oct 5 (PTI) Pitching for a global
convention to deal with the scourge of terrorism, India said
on Wednesday that adoption of the Comprehensive Convention
against International Terrorism would provide a legal base for
the fight against the global menace.
In an address to the ongoing 66th session of the UN
General Assembly, Rajya Sabha (Upper house of Indian
Parliament) Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan termed terrorism as
a "scourge of humanity" and a global problem that has spared
no country or region in the world be it "New York, London,
Abuja or Mumbai."
"India believes that adoption of the Comprehensive
Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) would provide a
solid legal basis for the fight against terrorism. In our view
the UN global counter-terrorism strategy is incomplete in the
absence of such a comprehensive convention," Khan said.
Separately in his remarks at an UNGA session on 'Measures
to eliminate international terrorism', Member of Parliament
Moinul Hassan Ahamed said: "terrorism endangers the very
foundations of the continued existence of democratic
societies."
Ahamed said terrorists have become globalised, recruiting
in one country, raising funds in another and operating in
others. They have developed global logistical supply chains
and transnational financial support systems.
Echoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's stance that there
can be no selective approach to the fight against terrorism,
Ahamed said terrorism has to be fought across all fronts.
Nations are also obliged to ensure that their territories
are not used for terrorist establishments, training camps or
as launch pads for terror acts against other states, he said.
PTI YAS
convention to deal with the scourge of terrorism, India said
on Wednesday that adoption of the Comprehensive Convention
against International Terrorism would provide a legal base for
the fight against the global menace.
In an address to the ongoing 66th session of the UN
General Assembly, Rajya Sabha (Upper house of Indian
Parliament) Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan termed terrorism as
a "scourge of humanity" and a global problem that has spared
no country or region in the world be it "New York, London,
Abuja or Mumbai."
"India believes that adoption of the Comprehensive
Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) would provide a
solid legal basis for the fight against terrorism. In our view
the UN global counter-terrorism strategy is incomplete in the
absence of such a comprehensive convention," Khan said.
Separately in his remarks at an UNGA session on 'Measures
to eliminate international terrorism', Member of Parliament
Moinul Hassan Ahamed said: "terrorism endangers the very
foundations of the continued existence of democratic
societies."
Ahamed said terrorists have become globalised, recruiting
in one country, raising funds in another and operating in
others. They have developed global logistical supply chains
and transnational financial support systems.
Echoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's stance that there
can be no selective approach to the fight against terrorism,
Ahamed said terrorism has to be fought across all fronts.
Nations are also obliged to ensure that their territories
are not used for terrorist establishments, training camps or
as launch pads for terror acts against other states, he said.
PTI YAS