India slams UN terror report for ignoring JeM, LeT

United Nations: India has criticized a report of the UN Secretary-General on terrorism for ignoring the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant groups despite drawing attention to them.

While silent on the terrorist groups like the JeM and the LeT that pose threats to India, the report mentions the anti-Beijing Uyghur separatist groups, the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in its sparse coverage of South Asia.

India’s Permanent Representative T S Tirumurti told the Security Council: “We have been reiterating the close links between proscribed terrorist entities under the 1267 Sanctions regime such as LeT and other terror groups including the JeM.

“However in spite of repeatedly flagging these concerns, the SG’s (Secretary-General’s) report has failed to take notice of these linkages.”

He was speaking after a Council briefing on “Threat to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts” by Vladimir Voronkov, the under-secretary-general heading the Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Weixiong Chen, the acting executive director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee’s Executive Directorate.

Tirumurti drew attention to Pakistan’s role in backing terrorist organizations without directly naming Islamabad.

He warned that the terrorist organizations are adapting technologies that “pose a dynamic threat for which most of the member states do not have adequate response”.

These include social media, new digital payment methods, cryptocurrencies, crowdfunding platforms, and drones, he said.

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