Security Council – Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC)
Recently, the special meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was held in India. In this meeting the UNSC-CTC has adopted the “Delhi Declaration”.
This will be the first such meeting in India since the establishment of the UNSC-CTC in 2001. India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Ruchira Kamboj) is serving as the Chairperson of the CTC for the year 2022.
Theme: Countering the Use of New and Emerging Technologies for Terrorist Purposes
UNSC-CTC
- The CTC was established through United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1373 (year 2001).
- It was established after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the United States. The committee includes all 15 members of the Security Council.
- Five permanent members: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, and ten non-permanent members are elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms.
- Mandate – It is entrusted with the task of monitoring the implementation of steps taken to enhance the legal and institutional counter-terrorism capabilities of countries at all levels, from local to international.
These steps include the following:
- declaring the financing of terrorism as a crime,
- Discouraging the trend of giving safe haven to terrorists,
- Withholding of all financial aid to terrorist groups, etc.
- The Anti-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) was established under resolution 1535 (2004). It provides assistance in the working of the CTC.
Source – The Hindu
