India has asked the UN Security Council to enforce its resolutions on countering terrorism “without exception”, saying that condoning the use of terror on account of perceived political purposes is counter-productive to stem the growing spiral of violence.
India’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke Mukerji while speaking at an open debate on the ‘Working Methods of the Security Council’, highlighted the shortfalls in the Council's methods in drawing up mandates of UN peacekeeping operations and the impact of its working methods which dilute the international effort against terrorism.
“We strongly believe that the Council must seriously and transparently take measures available to it under the Charter to require member states of implement its Resolutions on countering terrorism without exception. To condone the use of terrorism on account of perceived political purposes is counterproductive, and will engulf more and more member states in an ever-widening spiral of violence and destruction,” Mukerji said.
“We therefore specifically call for the Council's working methods to include a mandatory time-bound reporting requirement to the wider membership of the United Nations on implementation of Security Council Resolutions on countering terrorism,” he said.
Mukerji stressed that terrorism is fast emerging as the single-most important challenge to the maintenance of international peace and security.