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UNSC adopts resolution on terrorism

Dharam Shourie in United Nations

In a major effort to stem the rising wave of terrorism across the world, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a United States-sponsored resolution demanding that all states immediately crack down on sources of financial and logistical support for terrorism.

The resolution, which comes almost two weeks after the terrorist attacks in America, demands that financing of terrorism operations be criminalised and all states stop providing safe haven to anyone who support terrorists or their organisations.

The resolution, which invokes article seven of the UN Charter that makes its provision enforceable, was approved after a discussion by a committee of 15 members set up by the council.

Though it stops short of providing for mandatory sanctions against those who violate it, the resolution does express the council's determination to take all necessary steps to ensure its full implementation.

The resolution draws its language and provision from a dozen anti-terrorism conventions adopted by the General Assembly over the last three decades, though not all the member states have ratified each of them.

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