Login With Google
PM seeks stronger FATF to curb Terror
Why in news?
- PM Modi said at a special session on extremism and terrorism in New York that institutional mechanisms against terrorism such as UNSC(United Nations Security Council) sanctions and FATF(Financial Action Task Force) listings should not be politicised.
More in news
- Modi was speaking at the “Leaders’ Dialogue on Strategic Responses to Terrorist and Violent Extremist Narratives”, held on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly session
- The meeting was organised by Jordan, France and New Zealand, and attended by leaders of about 24 countries, but did not include either China or Pakistan
- The reference to the FATF is significant, as the global body to counter terror financing will meet in November this year to decide on whether Pakistan should be ‘blacklisted’ for its failure to take credible action.
Source
The Hindu