India to host UNSC counter-terrorism meet for first time

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: India will probably be internet hosting the UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee assembly for the primary time later this month. The agenda can be to deal with threats imposed by know-how together with social media.

“All 15 everlasting UNSC member states are anticipated to participate on this assembly unfold over two days in Mumbai and Delhi (October twenty eighth and twenty ninth). The focus of the particular assembly will be on addressing the usage of new and rising applied sciences for each terrorist functions and for countering terrorism. This has been a problem of accelerating concern for the Member States, policymakers and researchers,’’ say sources.

New and rising applied sciences – significantly data and communications applied sciences (ICT) such because the Internet, social media platforms, and monetary applied sciences have turn out to be a favoured instrument for terrorists such because the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/Da’esh, Al-Qaida, their affiliated teams, different terrorist organizations, and their supporters to interact in terrorism. The Member States already face a big and rising risk together with incitement to terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, recruitment, coaching, planning, networking, securing logistical help, buying weapons and their elements, fundraising, and conducting terrorist operations.

Other goals embody figuring out persevering with challenges, sharing good practices in compliance with worldwide human rights legal guidelines, business motion, public-private partnerships,  legislative coverage and regulatory responses, the UN stated in an announcement.

“The three most important areas of dialogue would come with the usage of social media, terrorism financing and unmanned aerial systesm (UAS),’’ based on the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

With the rising prevalence of know-how and the fast rise in digitization, addressing the usage of new and rising applied sciences for each terrorist functions, the UN Security Council has given focus to this subject in a variety of counter-terrorism-related resolutions, most not too long ago its decision 2617 (2021), which particularly refers to “emerging technologies”.

Terrorists transfer or retailer funds by way of the usage of digital marketplaces and wallets, on-line cost platforms and purposes, cellular funds or digital currencies. There can be an elevated threat of the abuse of the Internet by terrorist organizations for fundraising by way of crowdfunding, merchandise gross sales, donation appeals by way of social media platforms, and different strategies. At the identical time, improvements in monetary applied sciences, services supply vital financial alternatives and supply efficient instruments to answer rising threats.

Mindful of the growing risk posed by the misuse of latest and rising applied sciences, this assembly will embody the participation of related operational companions, together with United Nations organizations, worldwide and regional organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs), private-sector entities, and members of the Global Research Network (GRN) of the CTED.

“The Special Meeting in India will present an outline of the methods by which the Member States are deploying new and rising technological developments. Secondly, they’ll replace member states on threats posed by terrorists. Thirdly, they might have the ability to determine persevering with challenges. Lastly, members will have the ability to share good practices in legislative, coverage, and regulatory responses with worldwide human rights legislation,’’ stated sources.

The Special Meeting would additionally present a possibility to replicate on the work of the Committee, CTED, making an allowance for particular gender elements referring to digitalization and know-how. 

NEW DELHI: India will probably be internet hosting the UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee assembly for the primary time later this month. The agenda can be to deal with threats imposed by know-how together with social media.

“All 15 everlasting UNSC member states are anticipated to participate on this assembly unfold over two days in Mumbai and Delhi (October twenty eighth and twenty ninth). The focus of the particular assembly will be on addressing the usage of new and rising applied sciences for each terrorist functions and for countering terrorism. This has been a problem of accelerating concern for the Member States, policymakers and researchers,’’ say sources.

New and rising applied sciences – significantly data and communications applied sciences (ICT) such because the Internet, social media platforms, and monetary applied sciences have turn out to be a favoured instrument for terrorists such because the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/Da’esh, Al-Qaida, their affiliated teams, different terrorist organizations, and their supporters to interact in terrorism. The Member States already face a big and rising risk together with incitement to terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism, recruitment, coaching, planning, networking, securing logistical help, buying weapons and their elements, fundraising, and conducting terrorist operations.

Other goals embody figuring out persevering with challenges, sharing good practices in compliance with worldwide human rights legal guidelines, business motion, public-private partnerships,  legislative coverage and regulatory responses, the UN stated in an announcement.

“The three most important areas of dialogue would come with the usage of social media, terrorism financing and unmanned aerial systesm (UAS),’’ based on the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

With the rising prevalence of know-how and the fast rise in digitization, addressing the usage of new and rising applied sciences for each terrorist functions, the UN Security Council has given focus to this subject in a variety of counter-terrorism-related resolutions, most not too long ago its decision 2617 (2021), which particularly refers to “emerging technologies”.

Terrorists transfer or retailer funds by way of the usage of digital marketplaces and wallets, on-line cost platforms and purposes, cellular funds or digital currencies. There can be an elevated threat of the abuse of the Internet by terrorist organizations for fundraising by way of crowdfunding, merchandise gross sales, donation appeals by way of social media platforms, and different strategies. At the identical time, improvements in monetary applied sciences, services supply vital financial alternatives and supply efficient instruments to answer rising threats.

Mindful of the growing risk posed by the misuse of latest and rising applied sciences, this assembly will embody the participation of related operational companions, together with United Nations organizations, worldwide and regional organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs), private-sector entities, and members of the Global Research Network (GRN) of the CTED.

“The Special Meeting in India will present an outline of the methods by which the Member States are deploying new and rising technological developments. Secondly, they’ll replace member states on threats posed by terrorists. Thirdly, they might have the ability to determine persevering with challenges. Lastly, members will have the ability to share good practices in legislative, coverage, and regulatory responses with worldwide human rights legislation,’’ stated sources.

The Special Meeting would additionally present a possibility to replicate on the work of the Committee, CTED, making an allowance for particular gender elements referring to digitalization and know-how.