There should be no double standards in dealing with terrorists: India at UNSC meet

India stated that the practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without any justification must end.

India on Tuesday hit out at nations for blocking moves to designate Pakistan-based terrorists at the UN and said the series of attacks at the religious places of the minority community in Kabul is "highly alarming".

At a UNSC briefing on the topic Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, India said, "The series of attacks at the religious places of the minority community, including the recent attack at the Sikh Gurudwara on June 18 in Kabul followed by another bomb explosion near the same Gurudwara on 27 July is highly alarming. There should be no double standards in dealing with terrorists."

"We should refrain from labeling terrorism based on motivations, which will only allow opportunistic forces to provide justification for certain terror activities based on their convenience," India said.

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India is currently the Chair of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for the year 2022. It also stated that the practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without any justification must end.

"It is most regrettable that genuine and evidence-based listing proposals pertaining to some of the most notorious terrorists in the world are being placed on hold. Double standards and continuing politicisation have rendered the credibility of sanctions regime at an all-time low," India said in a statement.