United Nations Security Council – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com Mainstreaming Alternate Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:59:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thecommunemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-TC_SF-1-32x32.jpg United Nations Security Council – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com 32 32 World must summon the political will to fight terrorism and make no distinctions: Jaishankar at UNSC https://thecommunemag.com/world-must-summon-the-political-will-to-fight-terrorism-and-make-no-distinctions-jaishankar-at-unsc/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:51:54 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=36207 India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (19 August) while speaking at the United Nations Security Council meet said, “countries should not place blocks and holds without any reason on requests to designate terrorists and said that there should be no justification of terrorism,”. Jaishankar also took a dig at China at the UNSC as […]

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India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (19 August) while speaking at the United Nations Security Council meet said, “countries should not place blocks and holds without any reason on requests to designate terrorists and said that there should be no justification of terrorism,”.

Jaishankar also took a dig at China at the UNSC as it had on occasion bailed out Islamic terror groups in Pakistan like Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar under the Security Council’s Sanctions Committee

S Jaishankar further added, “The international community holds a collective view that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations must be condemned. There cannot be any exception or any justification for any act of terrorism, regardless of motivations behind such acts. Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Terrorist Acts’.

Expressing solidarity with the victims of terrorism around the globe, Jaishankar said,” We must never compromise with this evil” the world must “summon the political will: don’t justify terrorism, don’t glorify terrorists; No double standards. Terrorists are terrorists; distinctions are made only at our own peril; Don’t place blocks and holds on listing requests without any reason,” he said, referring to them as ‘cardinal principles’.

“I call on this Council to collectively build on these principles. It is also important therefore to end the stalemate preventing the adoption of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, which India has championed for so long,” Jaishankar said.

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]]> “Any attack on civilians, UN personnel and UN compounds may constitute war crimes”: UNSC tells Taliban https://thecommunemag.com/any-attack-on-civilians-un-personnel-and-un-compounds-may-constitute-war-crimes-unsc-tells-taliban/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:38:28 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=35492 After India took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday (1 August) from France, the UN body has condemned the terrorist attacks carried out by the Taliban in Afghanistan and expressed deep concern. The UNSC further called for a political settlement and ceasefire and made it very clear in no uncertain […]

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After India took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday (1 August) from France, the UN body has condemned the terrorist attacks carried out by the Taliban in Afghanistan and expressed deep concern.

The UNSC further called for a political settlement and ceasefire and made it very clear in no uncertain term that it does not support restoration of an Islamic Emirate under the Taliban.

After the Taliban attacked the United Nations compound in Herat, UNSC President and India’s Permanent Representative to the UN T S Tirumurti in a statement said, “The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the deplorable attack against the United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan, on 30 July, which resulted in the death of an Afghan security forces guard and several injured,”.

“The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern about the high levels of violence in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s military offensive, and called for an immediate reduction of violence,” the statement said.

The UNSC condemned in the “strongest terms all instances of terrorism and deliberate targeted attacks against civilians”.

The Council members strongly emphasised that all parties in Afghanistan must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law in all circumstances, including those related to the protection of civilians, United Nations personnel and attacks on United Nations compounds may constitute war crimes, and “stressed the urgent and imperative need to bring the perpetrators to justice”.

The Council further asked both the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban to engage meaningfully in an inclusive, “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned” peace process in order to make urgent progress towards a political settlement and a ceasefire.

“The members of the Security Council recognised that a sustainable peace can be achieved only through a comprehensive and inclusive Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process that aims at a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, as well as an inclusive, just and realistic political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan,” the statement said.

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