New York/Berlin: An Indian delegation met top officials of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate here even as New Delhi stepped up efforts to designate The Resistance Front, an LeT proxy, as a UN-listed terror outfit for its alleged involvement in the Pahalgam attack, reports PTI.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a front for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let), had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack.
“An Indian technical team in New York is interacting today (Wednesday) with the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other partner countries in the UN.
“They will also be meeting with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED),” sources told PTI.
The development comes in the wake of the horrific April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and the retaliatory Operation Sindoor launched by India targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Meanwhile, India also made significant pledges at UN peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin India pledged a Quick Reaction Force company, an armed police or mixed armed police unit, one women-led Formed Police Unit and a counter-improvised explosive devices/ explosive ordnance disposal unit as well as a K-9 unit and a SWAT police unit, according to the UN Department of Peace Operations.
The United Nations peacekeeping ministerial 2025 concluded in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday. More than 130 member states and international partners – over a thousand participants in total – came together to reaffirm their support for UN peacekeeping and to announce concrete pledges aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and adaptability of peace operations in the face of evolving global challenges. A total of 74 member states made pledges.
“In troubled spots around the world, Blue Helmets can mean the difference between life and death. Now more than ever, the world needs the United Nations. And the United Nations needs peacekeeping that is fully equipped for today's realities and tomorrow's challenges,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his opening remarks at the ministerial meeting on ‘Future of Peacekeeping'.