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  • UN: China blocks India’s proposal to blacklist 26/11 accused Sajid Mir

    UN: China blocks India’s proposal to blacklist 26/11 accused Sajid Mir

    United Nations: China on Tuesday blocked a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Sajid Mir, wanted for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as a global terrorist.

    Beijing blocked the proposal that had been moved by the US and co-designated by India to blacklist Mir under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council as a global terrorist and subject him to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

    In September last year, it was learnt that China had put a hold on the proposal to designate Mir at the UN. Beijing has now blocked the proposal.

    Mir is one of India’s most wanted terrorists and has a bounty of USD 5 million placed on his head by the US for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

    In June, Mir was jailed for over 15 years in a terror-financing case by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan.

    Pakistani authorities had in the past claimed Mir had died, but Western countries remained unconvinced and demanded proof of his death. This issue became a major sticking point in FATF’s assessment of Pakistan’s progress on the action plan late last year.

    Mir is a senior member of the Pakistan-based LeT and is wanted for his involvement in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

    “Mir was LeT’s operations manager for the attacks, playing a leading role in their planning, preparation, and execution,” the US State Department has said.

    Beijing, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, has repeatedly put holds on listings to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists under the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council.

  • UN chief Antonio Guterres expresses grief over India’s train tragedy

    UN chief Antonio Guterres expresses grief over India’s train tragedy

    United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by India’s railway tragedy and sends condolences to the families of the victims, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

    “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the loss of life and injury in a train accident in Odisha,” he said on Saturday.

    “The Secretary-General extends his deep condolences to the families of the victims, as well as the people and government of India. He wishes a swift and full recovery to those who were injured,” he added.

    In the crash involving the Coromandel Express, the Bengaluru-Howrah Super Fast Express and a freight on Friday in Odisha, nearly 280 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.

  • UN 2023 Water Conference: All You Need To Know About The Biggest Water Event

    UN 2023 Water Conference: All You Need To Know About The Biggest Water Event

    The United Nations (UN) 2023 Water Conference will be held in New York on March 22-24. This will be the second time that the UN is hosting a water conference after the one held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1977. With Tajikistan and the Netherlands as the co-hosts, the meeting will attempt to address one of the most challenging crises that the world faces – the water crisis.

    From addressing the problems posed by too much water (such as floods) or too little of it (such as droughts), the conference is the most significant water event of this generation, according to the UN. Special Envoys for Water of host nations have said that the meeting could be a “Paris moment” for water, similar to what the Paris Agreement is for the climate crisis.

    The conference comes 46 long years after the last of its kind was held in Argentina’s Mar del Plata. Back then, representatives from 118 nations and territories spent 12 days discussing the issue, and arrived at the decision to implement the Mar del Plata Action Plan, which recommended that the world needs to come together to ensure everyone gets clean water and sanitation by the year 1990.

    This makes Wednesday’s conference crucial, given how the world and the water crisis have seen massive changes over the years. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the water crisis impacts about 3.6 billion people, who struggle each year for at least a month to get enough water supply. If things continue on the same trajectory, about five billion people could go through the same ordeal by 2050.

    Through the conference, the UN aims to reach a Water Action Agenda, which could bring forward significant solutions and actionable steps that can be taken by world governments and economies to solve the water crisis.“The UN 2023 Water Conference in March must result in a bold Water Action Agenda that gives our world’s lifeblood the commitment it deserves,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, according to the World Economic Forum.

    The Water Action Agenda aims to draw as much global attention and commitment as the “1.5°C” did, by manifesting political drive and action to address and tackle the crisis. This year’s conference could be a key moment for the UN’s sustainable development goal number 6, which aims to make sure that everyone has access to sanitation and can sustainably manage water.