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Terror victims, perpetrators being equated at UN in name of global strategy, says S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that victims and perpetrators of terrorism were being equated by some countries at the United Nations “in the name of global strategy”.
Speaking at an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the UN, the external affairs minister said that few examples were more telling about the challenges facing the multilateral organisation than its response to terrorism.
“When a sitting Security Council member openly protects the very organisation that claims responsibility for the barbaric terror attack such as at Pahalgam, what does it do to the credibility of multilateralism?” Jaishankar asked.
“Similarly, if victims and perpetrators of terrorism are equated in the name of global strategy, how much more cynical can the world get,” he added. “When self-proclaimed terrorists are shielded from the sanctioning process, what does it say for the sincerity of those involved?”
The terror attack at Baisaran near Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 left 26 persons dead and 16 injured. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those killed were Hindu.
Jaishankar did not name any country. While China is a permanent member of the Security Council, Pakistan's two-year term as a non-permanent member had started in January.
New Delhi has said that The Resistance Front, an affiliate of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar claimed in late April that Islamabad had forced the removal of a reference to The Resistance Front from the Security Council statement on the Pahalgam attack.
In May, China had reportedly blocked India's proposal at the Security Council to ban five Pakistan-based terrorists and designate them as global terrorists.
On Friday, Jaishankar also said that “we must also recognise that all is not well” with the UN and that the decision-making process in the multilateral organisation needed reform.
“Its decision-making neither reflects its membership nor addresses global priorities,” he said. “Its debates have become increasingly polarised and its working visibly gridlocked. Any meaningful reform is obstructed using the reform process itself.”
He added that financial constraints have emerged as an additional concern and sustaining the UN while seeking its re-invention was “clearly a major challenge before all of us”.
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Source: Scroll
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November 11 is celebrated as Veterans Day, a federal holiday honoring American military veterans and their service. In addition to being a day of respect for the nation, it also brings with it a mixed schedule for markets, businesses, and educational institutions nationwide
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