After a ten-year absence, India will take over as chair of the UN Security Council’s counter-terrorism committee in 2022 January.
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The Counter-Terrorism Committee is more important for India because it has been advocating for relevant measures to combat terrorism on a global scale.
The committee was last chaired by India in 2012.
Ambassador TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, announced on January 8, 2021, that India will chair three important UNSC communities in 2021-22.
The Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and the Libya Sanctions Committee are the three committees.