Victims, perpetrators of terror equated in the name of global strategy: Jaishankar, Pg1.

Key Highlights:

• EAM Jaishankar criticized the UN's approach to terrorism, stating that victims and perpetrators are being equated.
• He indirectly targeted Pakistan for protecting organizations that claim responsibility for terror attacks like the Pahalgam attack.
• China was also targeted for blocking efforts to sanction Pakistani terror proxies like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.
• Jaishankar questioned the sincerity of nations shielding terrorists from sanctions and called for UN reforms.

Detailed Insights:

• The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack in April.
• Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar admitted to removing references to TRF in the UNSC statement condemning the attack.
• The US State Department designated TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in July.
• Jaishankar highlighted the slowing down of the SDG Agenda 2030 as a measure of distress in the Global South.
• He argued that the UN's decision-making process does not reflect its membership or address global priorities, calling for reforms.

Key Concepts Involved:

• Terrorism: The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
• Sanctions: Actions taken by countries against others for political reasons, to force a change in policy.
• Multilateralism: The principle of organizing relations between three or more states on the basis of cooperation.