India at UN: Joint Action Against ISIS, Al Qaeda Crucial; Cites Pahalgam Attack

• India urged the global community at the UN to unite against ISIS, Al Qaeda, and their proxies, calling terrorism an “existential threat” to international peace.
• First Secretary Raghoo Puri highlighted the April 2025 Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir by The Resistance Front (Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy), which killed 26 tourists.
• India, a long-term victim of cross-border terrorism, emphasized the socio-economic and human cost of such acts.
• Stressed the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) as vital for multilateral cooperation and assured support for its 9th review.
• As 2022 CTC Chair, India championed the 'Delhi Declaration' to counter terrorist use of new technologies, adopted after a special meeting in New Delhi and Mumbai.