Hours after getting elected to the UN Security Council (UNSC), India on June 18, said enhancing counter terrorism action by the powerful UN body and depoliticising the process of putting sanctions on terror entities will be among its top priorities, reports NDTV. Briefing the media on India's election to the UN body, Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Vikas Swarup, said the country looks forward for being the voice for all those who are not represented on the Council.
Talking about the priorities of India as a member of the UNSC, he said enhancing counter terrorism action by the UNSC is one of the main priorities for the country. "Earlier also, when India was a member of the Security Council during 2011-12, we had chaired the United Nations counter terrorism committee and had brought in the concept of ''zero tolerance to terrorism'', Swarup said. "The process of sanctioning also needs to be depoliticised as there is no justification of any act of terrorism," Swarup added.