UN COUNTER TERRORISM MEET Flashcards
WHY IN NEWS?
29 October 2022 - On day 2 of the Special Meeting, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) unanimously adopted the Delhi Declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.
This will be the first such meeting of the UNSC-CTC in India since its establishment in 2001. The Permanent Representative of India (Ruchira Kamboj) to the UN (United Nations) serves as the Chair of the CTC for 2022.
Theme: Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.
Among the listed items in the Declaration include the decision to continue to work on recommendations on the three themes of the Special meeting and the intention to develop a set of non-binding guiding principles to assist Member States to counter the threat posed by the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.
The declaration aims to cover the main concerns surrounding the abuse of drones, social media platforms, and crowdfunding, and create guidelines that will help to tackle the growing issue.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UN CTC)
The UN CTC, comprising all 15 members of the Security Council, was established by Resolution 1373 (2001) on 28 September 2001. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter (concerning threats to international peace and security), the Security Council adopted the resolution to enforce counter-terrorist measures in United Nations Member States.
The Committee monitors implementation of resolution 1373 by means of direct dialogue with each Member State. It analyses States’ regular reports to the Committee, and follows up its analysis with responses that identify the areas in which States need to improve in order to achieve full implementation of the resolution. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) was established in 2004 to support the Committee in this work.
DELHI DECLERATION
The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee’s newly adopted Delhi Declaration is now available in the six official languages of the United Nations.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee unanimously adopted the Delhi Declaration at the closing of its special meeting on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, held in India on 28-29 October 2022.
The special meeting focused on three main areas: unmanned aerial systems, terrorist financing and information and communications technologies. The meeting also examined overarching issues relating to the use of technologies for terrorist purposes, to include human rights, gender considerations, and future programming by the international community. The Delhi Declaration provides non-binding guidance to Member States and stakeholders in countering terrorist use of new and emerging technologies.
