India ratifies conventions on transnational crimes and corruption; India takes up issues on terrorism in UNSC; UN Security Council members express concern about situation in Abyei; Council members concerned over instability in Somalia
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    • India ratified a UN convention against transnational organized crimes and its three protocols, including one on preventing human trafficking. The convention is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime.1 The country also ratified the UN convention against corruption under which member countries bound by the convention render mutual legal assistance towards prosecution of offenders as well as in tracing, freezing and confiscating the proceeds of corruption.2

    Meanwhile, the chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Hardeep Singh Puri of India, addressing the Security Council said that major issues were considered by the committee in its discussions and workshops and they included the control of cash couriers and abuse of the non-profit sector for terrorist financing.3

    Security Council members expressed deep concern about the situation in the disputed Abyei area of Sudan and urged the two sides to reach an agreement on the area’s status as soon as possible. The 15-member Council also condemned the introduction by the northern and southern sides of armed forces into Abyei which is a direct violation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the war. The Council also stressed the need to reduce tensions to resolve the dispute over Abyei peacefully through negotiation and the assistance of the African Union’s High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP).4

    In other developments, the Security Council reiterated its grave concern over continuing instability in Somalia and stressed the need for a comprehensive strategy to establish peace and stability in the Horn of Africa country through a consultative process to create broad-based institutions. The Council through a presidential statement “expressed concern at the discord between the TFIs (Transitional Federal Institutions) and its impact on the political process and the security situation.”5

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