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India Abstains From Vote On Resolution At UNSC That Exempts Humanitarian Aid From Sanctions

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India has abstained from voting in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on a resolution that exempts humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions

New York: India has abstained from voting in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on a resolution that exempts humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions.

The draft resolution to exempt humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions and presented by the US and Ireland, was adopted by 14 members of the 15-member Council. In the explanation of vote Indiaโ€™s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said that Indiaโ€™s concerns were triggered by proven instances of terrorist groups including Pakistan-based terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed โ€œtaking full advantage of such humanitarian carve-outs and making a mockery of sanctions regimes.โ€
Khamboj said โ€œThere have been several cases of terrorist groups in our neighbourhood, reincarnating themselves as humanitarian organizations and civil society groups precisely to evade the sanctions. These terrorist organizations use the umbrella of the humanitarian assistance space to raise funds and recruit fighters.โ€

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Making a veiled reference to Pakistan, Kamboj added that India will call for caution and due diligence be used when providing humanitarian aid to groups that are prohibited under UN Security Council Resolution 1267, who continue to thrive with full state hospitality in territories universally acknowledged as terrorist havens by the international community.
She continued by saying that India has requested the resolution to assure UN oversight of humanitarian exclusions, expertise in โ€œrobust reporting,โ€ which was not completely addressed in the legislation, and sanctions.
โ€œTo prevent such activities, she said, India had called for the resolution to ensure monitoring of humanitarian exemptions by UN experts monitoring sanctions and robust reporting, which were not fully addressed in the text, so India abstained,โ€ Kamboj said.
UNSC approved the resolution exempting humanitarian aid from all current and future UN sanctions regimes, a vote the United States hailed as โ€œhistoricโ€ that will save lives and address longstanding problems of sanctions impeding aid deliveries. The draft resolution was adopted-14 votes in favour, zero against and one absentation.

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โ€œMaj Gen Chris Field from the @AustralianArmy called on Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar DCOAS (Strat) and discussed about the ongoing joint Exercise #AustraHind between both Armies and ways to further enhance bilateral defence cooperation,โ€ a tweet by the official handle of Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG PI), Indian Army read. The joint military exercise between armies of Australia and India โ€˜Austra Hind-22โ€™ began at Rajasthanโ€™s Mahajan Field Firing Range on November 28, focusing on peacekeeping operations under the UN mandate.

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During the ongoing joint drills, the troops have exchanged their expertise in drone technology.
โ€œTroops of #IndianArmy and @AustralianArmy exchanged their expertise in the employment of cutting edge #drone technology including #nanodrones in combat,โ€ the Indian Army (@adgpi) tweeted.
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