Terrorism will continue as single most crucial threat for peace, security: India warns

New York, October 12: While speaking at the UN General Assembly, India warned the world saying that terrorism will continue as the single most crucial threat for peace and security and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving the common agenda of the United Nations.

 

 

During the session, Deputy Permanent Representative (Political Coordinator) to the United Nations, R Ravindra shared India's preliminary perspectives on the Secretary General's "Our Common Agenda" report.

 

"Our Common Agenda" report looks ahead to the next 25 years and represents the Secretary-General's vision on the future of global cooperation and reinvigorating inclusive, networked, and effective multilateralism. The Secretary-General presented his report to the General Assembly in September 2021 before the end of the 75th session of the General Assembly.

 

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While lauding the UN Secretary-General's proposals captured in the report, the Indian ambassador said, "Our vision should embrace reformed multilateralism, gender, human rights, development, counter-terrorism, climate change and environment, financing, pandemic and vaccines, peace and security and other priorities.

 

 

 

Ravindra further noted that in his report, the UN Secretary-General placed importance on combatting terrorism. However he pointed out that terrorism as a priority has been dealt with rather cursorily in the report. “But terrorism as a priority has been dealt with rather cursorily in the report,” the Indian envoy said.

 

He further said that the word terrorism appears only twice in the report whereas “climate change” appears more than twenty times and the word “climate” more than seventy times.

 

 

"I do hope that this can be remedied sooner than later since terrorism will continue as the single most crucial threat for peace and security and one of the biggest obstacles to achieve the common agenda," he added.

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