India has contributed an additional USD 500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, taking the country s donation to the UN office set up to combat terrorism to over USD 1 million. India said it was keen to continue working with the UN office to further the common objective of combatting terrorism. India is proud to contribute USD 500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism, the Permanent Mission of India to the UN tweeted. With this amount, India s total contribution to it so far is USD 1.05 million. Keen to continue our work with @UN OCT on specific programs/projects to further our common objective to combat terrorism, the Mission said, referring to the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 8:26 pm
The threat to international peace and security
posed by ISIL terrorist fighters is “on the rise again”,
the UN counter-terrorism chief told the Security Council on
Wednesday.
Despite the competing priorities
brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,
Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of
Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), said that it was “crucial”
for Member States to remain focused and united in thwarting
terrorism.
“While ISIL has not developed a
purposeful strategy to exploit the pandemic, its efforts to
regroup and to reinvigorate its activities [has] gained
further momentum”, he said.
Via videoconference, the
UN official flagged that the terrorists, also known in
The threat posed by ISIS to international peace and security is on the rise again and the terror group could regain the capacity to orchestrate attacks in different parts of the world in 2021, the UN counter-terrorism chief has warned the Security Council.
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov cautioned that the world must be prepared to disrupt such new attacks.