India is halfway through the second year of its two-year term as an elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. It chairs the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022.
On October 29, India will host diplomats and officials from all 15 countries of the United Nations Security Council, for a special meeting on counter-terrorism. This will be the seventh time the Counter-Terrorism Committee meets outside New York. The theme for this meet is “new and emerging technologies” used in countering the terrorist online narrative and misuse of information.
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Current members of the Security Council are Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway and the UAE, along with the five permanent members China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.
The special meeting will discuss the use of technology for security and counter-terrorism purposes through:
- Internet and social media
- Terrorism Financing
- Unmanned aerial systems
