TS Tirumurti assumes Chair of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022

India’s TS Tirumurti assumes the new chair of UN Counter-Terrorism Committee – India’s permanent representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti has been named the new Chair of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for 2022. It must be remembered that India has assumed the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (UNSC-CTC) for 1 year, beginning from January 01, 2022.

Being the Chair of CTC 2022, India will work to further enhance the role of CTC in strengthening the multilateral response to counter-terrorism, and India will also ensure that the global response to the threat of terrorism remains unambiguous, undivided and effective. India is currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation UNSC. Its two-year term will end December 31, 2022.