India Hosted the UNSC CTC for the First Time

Current Context: For the first time, the Government of India hosted the two-day meeting of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC’s) Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).

• The two-day event was hosted by Mumbai and New Delhi on October 28 and October 29 2022 respectively.
• The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss ways to combat terrorism and terror financing.
• The inaugural session in Mumbai began with paying tribute to the victims of the Mumbai Terror attack (26/11).
• A special meeting was held with three significant areas being the specific focus:

1. Internet and Social Media
2. Terror Financing
3. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs)

• In the diplomatic session, the Delhi Declaration on countering the use of emerging technologies for terrorist purposes was adopted unanimously. It is non-binding in nature.
• The UNSC-CTC was established by the UNSC’s Resolution 1373, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA in 2001.

Question:

Q.1 For the first time, UNSC’s CTC was hosted by?

1. New Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Hyderabad

a. I Only
b. I, II Only
c. II, III Only
d. I, II, III