India takes on Pakistan in United Nations over killing of two soldiers

United Nations:  In the backdrop of tension on the Indo-Pak border, India told UN Security Council that nations using terror as an “instrument of state policy” are “short-sighted” and have invariably themselves suffered immensely from the “Frankenstein monster.”
“Terrorism is a Frankenstein monster. Resort to the use of terrorism as an instrument of State Policy is short-sighted. Indeed, those who have taken recourse to it have invariably themselves suffered immensely from it proving the age old dictum that those who play with the sword, shall also perish by it,” Puri said at the debate which was organised here yesterday by Pakistan in its capacity as the current President of the 15-nation powerful Security Council.
Puri noted that the landscape of international terrorism has undergone vast changes over the years, with terrorists becoming globalized in their outreach and activities.
He stressed that the UN needs to strengthen the normative framework for its counter-terrorism strategy through the adoption of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
India, which has been in the forefront of global counter- terrorism efforts, had chaired the UNSC Counter-terrorism Committee during 2011-12. India was instrumental in introducing ‘zero tolerance’ towards terrorism in UN lexicon, providing a renewed momentum to global counter-terrorism efforts.
Puri noted that the success in fight against terrorism goes “hand-in-hand” with progress in strengthening counter-terrorism cooperation and exchange of information at the international, regional and sub-regional level.
“Foremost is the need to remove the moral and legal ambiguities that allow terrorists to gain succour and legitimacy. Progress under mutual legal assistance and extradition cases is still sketchy and is yet to be fully mainstreamed as part of regional and international counter-terrorism efforts,” he said.
Puri also underlined the need to strengthen enforcement efforts to destroy safe havens for terrorists, their financial flows and support networks adding that mechanisms developed to pool the resources of the international community need to be augmented and made more effective.