NEW DELHI: The Foreign Ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) in a joint media statement called for action against Pakistan-based terror groups listed by the UN including Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
The foreign ministers -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Brazilian FM Mauro Vieira and South African FM Ronald Lamola -- met on the sidelines of the 79th UNGA in New York on Thursday.
“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,” read the joint statement.
The ministers condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations wherever committed and by whomsoever. They concurred that terrorism is a global scourge that must be fought and that terrorist safe havens must be eliminated in every part of the world.
“They reaffirmed that the fight against terrorism must be carried out with full respect for international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations and international human rights law,” the statement added.
They called upon the international community to establish a genuinely broad international counter-terrorism framework in accordance with the principles of international law and support the United Nations' central coordinating role in international counter-terrorism cooperation. They also recalled the responsibility of all states to prevent the cross-border movement of terrorists, the financing of terrorist networks and terrorist actions from their territories.
“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 politicization and double standards of any of their proceedings including listing proposals objectively on evidence-based criteria,” the statement said.
