The assembly, attended by representatives of 15 member-countries of the UN Security Council and world counter-terror specialists, adopted the “Delhi Declaration” itemizing the council’s priorities in combating the problem of terrorism and terror-financing.
In the declaration, the worldwide body expressed considerations over the growing use of Internet and different info and communications applied sciences, together with social media platforms, for terrorist functions.
It mentioned improvements in monetary applied sciences reminiscent of crowd funding platforms current a threat of being misused for terrorist-financing and famous with concern the growing world misuse of unmanned aerial techniques by terrorists to conduct assaults in opposition to on important infrastructure.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee urged all member-states to make sure “zero tolerance” towards terrorism, according to their obligations below worldwide legal guidelines, together with human rights regulation.
The assembly underlined the necessity for taking “urgent action” to counter terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations by the total and efficient implementation of varied UN resolutions.
The committee reaffirmed that terrorism in all kinds constitutes “one of the most serious threats” to worldwide peace and safety, and vowed to contribute additional to enhancing the effectiveness of the general effort to combat the scourge on a worldwide stage.
It mentioned terrorism shouldn’t be related to any faith, nationality, civilization or ethnic group, and referred to as on member-states to proceed their efforts towards the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
It additionally famous the significance of continuous discussions on the misuse of rising applied sciences for terrorist functions in different related worldwide boards, together with the G20.
The committee emphasised the necessity for member-states and CTED (Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate) to proceed cooperation with the personal sector and civil society for more practical means to counter using new and rising applied sciences for terrorist functions.
