India, Brazil, South Africa urge global action against terrorist groups at IBSA meeting
- In Reports
- 11:18 AM, Sep 27, 2024
- Myind Staff
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, along with Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and South Africa's Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola, met on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Thursday. The meeting was part of the IBSA Dialogue Forum.
During the meeting, the ministers called for collective action against all terrorist individuals and groups designated by the United Nations, including Al-Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and other affiliated proxy groups. The Ministry of External Affairs released a statement emphasising their stance.
“The ministers called for concerted actions against all UN-listed terrorists and terrorist entities including Al-Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), other proxy groups and their facilitators. The Ministers reiterated their resolve to step up joint efforts for the expeditious adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the UNGA,” the joint statement said.
The ministers also discussed improving the effectiveness of the UN Security Council's sanctions committees, emphasising the need for reforms to ensure transparency, responsiveness, and fairness. They called for action based on clear evidence, avoiding any political bias or double standards.
“The ministers looked forward to further deepening counter-terrorism cooperation and reaffirmed the sole authority of the UN Security Council for imposing sanctions and called for urgent reform of the working methods of UN Security Council Sanctions Committees to ensure their effectiveness, responsiveness and transparency while avoiding politicisation and double standards of any of their proceedings including listing proposals objectively on evidence-based criteria,” the statement added.
They condemned terrorism in all forms and stressed the need to eliminate terrorist safe havens around the world. The ministers also underscored the importance of fighting terrorism with full respect for international law, especially the United Nations Charter and international human rights law.
The ministers urged the global community to create a broad international counterterrorism framework based on international law and supported the United Nations' central role in coordinating these efforts. They also emphasised the responsibility of all nations to stop terrorism, including the cross-border movement of terrorists and financing terrorist activities.
IBSA is a forum that brings together India, Brazil, and South Africa—developing nations with diverse, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious populations. It was formalised in 2003 when the Foreign Ministers of the three countries met in Brasilia.
Jaishankar shared on X (formerly Twitter) about the meeting, writing, "Attended a productive IBSA Foreign Minister's meeting today alongside FM Mauro Vieira and FM Ronald Lamola. IBSA nations participate in and shape ongoing global discourses on development, SDGs, poverty eradication, multilateralism, and South-South cooperation. We share convergent views on reforms of the UN system and of its Security Council. Our consultations should intensify as these debates acquire greater urgency.”
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