BRUSSELS: Visit of the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team to India

BRUSSELS: A team of experts from the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban supporting the Security Council’s 1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees visited India from 08-10 March 2022.

The visit was undertaken at the invitation of Government of India and was in continuation of regular consultations between the UN Monitoring Team with key Member-States relevant to their mandate.

The Monitoring Team held meetings with senior officials in the relevant Ministries and was briefed on India’s counter-terrorism priorities and concerns, particularly in the South Asia region. Discussions were also held on a range of counter-terrorism related subjects, including threats from misuse of new and emerging technologies and unmanned aerial systems for terrorism, linkages between terrorism and organized crime and narco-trafficking as well as unconventional methods of terror financing.

The Monitoring Team members also called on Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Deputy National Security Advisor Rajinder Khanna. India, is currently the Chair of the UN Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) for 2022 and the visit of the Monitoring Team provided a useful opportunity to brief them on India’s priorities in the CTC.