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Indian Express
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Amid push for terror tag for TRF, Indian team meets top UN counter-terror officials
An Indian delegation in New York discussed countering terrorist travel and financing with officials from United Nations anti-terror agencies amid New Delhi's efforts to get The Resistance Front, suspected of carrying out the Pahalgam terror attack, designated as a UN-listed terror group. A readout from UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) said: 'The discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, particularly in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.' Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the UNOCT and Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman of the CTED, who met with the Indian delegation, expressed condolences over the April 22 attack. It added that key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India—such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism. The participants also discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, in line with the 2022 Delhi Declaration adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee under the Chairmanship of India. This includes the development of non-binding guiding principles — prepared with CTED's support — on threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and the use of emerging financial technologies for terrorist activities. The delegation also met the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other UN partner countries. Indian officials, including Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, have said that it was the TRF which carried out the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. They have called the group a 'known front' for the UN-proscribed Pakistan-based terrorist organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba. This is the first time since Operation Sindoor that New Delhi has raised TRF with the UN and its anti-terror bodies. This comes after Pakistan managed to get TRF's name removed from the April 25 Security Council statement on the terror attack. TRF claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack twice — within a few hours after the incident on April 22 and then again on the morning of April 23. Misri had said that TRF later backed off from the claim, perhaps only after the outfit's leaders and handlers across the border realised the gravity of the attack. 'Obviously that retraction doesn't convince anybody,' Misri had said after India conducted strikes at nine terror locations in Pakistan, including LeT's headquarters in Muridke. India had given inputs about TRF in the half-yearly report to the Monitoring Team of the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee in May and November 2024, detailing its role as a cover for Pakistan-based terrorist groups. In December 2023, too, India had informed the monitoring team about the LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammad operating through small terror groups such as the TRF. Pakistan's pressure to remove references to TRF in the Security Council statement was perceived as a giveaway that the country's establishment was behind the attack. Indian officials have said that investigations into the Pahalgam terror attack have brought out the communication nodes of terrorists with Pakistan. They have also said that the claims made by TRF and their reposting by known social media handles of the LeT speak for themselves. Indian officials have time and again referred to the Security Council's April 25 statement that talks of 'the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors' accountable, and said that India's actions should be seen in this context. (With PTI inputs from New York)
NDTV
15-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
India's UN Push To Get Terror Tag For Group Behind Pahalgam Attack
Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. India is pushing for the UN to designate The Resistance Front, linked to the Pahalgam terror attack, as a terror group. An Indian delegation met UN officials to discuss counter-terrorism efforts, including cybersecurity and emerging tech threats. New Delhi: India has stepped up efforts to get 'The Resistance Front', the Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy behind the Pahalgam terror attack, designated as a terror group in the United Nations list. An Indian delegation today met top officials of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate in New York. This comes after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam left 26 innocents dead. Weeks later, India launched its counterstrike, Operation Sindoor, and carried out airstrikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Pakistan responded with drone and missile attacks along the western part of India. India's air defence system intercepted the projectiles. India then carried out precision airstrikes on key military installations in Pakistan before a ceasefire was declared. UN Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate met the Indian delegation. The UN officials expressed condolences for those killed in the terror attack. "The discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, particularly in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India- such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism," a UN spokesperson told news agency ANI. The participants, the spokesperson said, also discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, in line with the 2022 Delhi Declaration adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee under the Chairmanship of India. "This includes the development of non-binding guiding principles - prepared with CTED's support - on threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and the use of emerging financial technologies for terrorist activities," the spokesperson said.
India Gazette
15-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
UN, India discuss efforts to counter use of emerging tech for terrorist purposes
New York [US], May 15 (ANI): United Nations Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) met with a Government of India delegation. During the meeting, the two sides discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, in line with the 2022 Delhi Declaration adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee under the Chairmanship of India, UN spokesperson said in response to ANI on the visit of the Indian Technical Team at UN in New York. This includes developing non-binding guiding principles--prepared with CTED's support--on threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and the use of emerging financial technologies for terrorist activities. Voronkov and Gherman offered condolences for the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22. The discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, especially in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India, like cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism. As many as 26 people were killed and several others were injured in the terrorist attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22. In response to the Pahalgam attack, Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 and targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits like the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). After the attack, Pakistan retaliated with cross-border shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir as well as attempted drone attacks along the border regions, following which India launched a coordinated attack and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centres and airfields across airbases in Pakistan. On May 10, India and Pakistan reached an understanding on the cessation of hostilities. (ANI)
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Breaking News Live Updates: UN Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of UNOCT meets a delegation of the Indian Government
15 May 2025 | 07:26:07 AM IST Breaking News Live Updates: General Natalia Gherman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) met with a delegation of the Government of the Republic of India. Breaking News Live Updates: USG Voronkov and ASG Gherman expressed condolences for the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025: UN spokesperson in response to ANI on visit of Indian Technical Team at UN, New discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, particularly in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India- such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism. The participants also discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, in line with the 2022 Delhi Declaration adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee under the Chairmanship of India. This includes the development of non-binding guiding principles—prepared with CTED's support—on threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and the use of emerging financial technologies for terrorist activities. Show more
Economic Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Breaking News Live Updates: UN Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of UNOCT meets a delegation of the Indian Government
15 May 2025 | 07:26:07 AM IST Breaking News Live Updates: General Natalia Gherman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) met with a delegation of the Government of the Republic of India. Breaking News Live Updates: USG Voronkov and ASG Gherman expressed condolences for the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025: UN spokesperson in response to ANI on visit of Indian Technical Team at UN, New discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, particularly in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India- such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism. The participants also discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, in line with the 2022 Delhi Declaration adopted by the Counter-Terrorism Committee under the Chairmanship of India. This includes the development of non-binding guiding principles—prepared with CTED's support—on threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and the use of emerging financial technologies for terrorist activities. Show more
