No single country can defeat terror alone: India to UN

TIL Desk/World/UN/ Seeking “genuine” international cooperation in combating terrorism, India has told the UN that no single country can defeat the scourge alone as nations grapple with attacks having links with terror groups beyond their borders.

“No state is immune to the threat of terrorism as continuing terrorist attacks across the world, many of them with links beyond the borders of the affected state, continue to demonstrate. No one country, however rich or powerful, will be able to defeat this acting alone,” India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador Tanmaya Lal said here yesterday.

Addressing a meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre Advisory Board meeting, Lal said, “genuine and effective” international cooperation at multiple levels are crucial for dealing with the challenge of terrorism. “The menace of terrorism continues to grow across regions and countries. Terrorist organisations and their networks are not bound by international borders, norms and legal frameworks.

The need for increased multilateral action, coordination and cooperation on counter terrorism is becoming ever more urgent,” he said. India had last week welcomed the creation of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) that will coordinate the world body’s counter-terrorism efforts.