Some countries ‘clearly guilty’ of aiding terrorism: India at UN

United Nations, November 19

In a thinly veiled reference to Pakistan, India said there were states “clearly guilty” of aiding and supporting terrorism and willfully providing safe havens to terrorists, calling on the international community to collectively call out such countries and hold them accountable for their actions.

First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Rajesh Parihar made the comments on Thursday at the joint special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on “terrorist-financing threats”.

India a victim

• First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Rajesh Parihar said India had been a victim of cross-border terrorism for over three decades
• He cited reports that pointed to the laxity of some nations in South Asia in prosecuting leaders of UN-designated terror groups and where terror outfits continue to raise funds

“Preventing terrorists from accessing financial resources is crucial to successfully countering the threat of terrorism. While some states lack the legal operational frameworks and necessary ‘combating the financing of terrorism’ capabilities, there are others that are clearly guilty of aiding and supporting terrorism and willfully providing financial assistance and safe havens to terrorists. While we must enhance capacities of the former, the international community must collectively call out the latter and hold them accountable for their deeds,” he said.

He said the Global Implementation Survey of Resolution 1373, which was adopted early this month by the Counter-terrorism Committee, clearly mentioned that “the overall effectiveness of freezing regimes in South Asia has not improved materially” and states of “this sub-region remain non-compliant with the freezing requirement of resolution 1373, that calls on states to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts”. The survey had noted that “in few geographies, listed terror entities continue to raise funds for terrorism through frontal organisations, including the abuse of NGOs”. — PTI

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