Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate 3rd Ministerial ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference scheduled to be held in the national capital between November 18-19 this week.
The sources, privy to the development, told TDG that the Prime Minister will inaugurate the two-day event aimed to further India’s efforts to build understanding and cooperation amongst nations in fight against terror financing.
Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah will conclude the event and convey India’s determination in its fight against terrorism as well as its support systems for achieving success
against it.
The hosting of this conference shows the importance being given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government to the issue of international terrorism as well as its zero tolerance policy against this menace and having discussions on this issue in the international community.
This Conference aims to progress the discussions on combating terrorist financing held by the international community in the previous two Conferences in Paris (2018) and Melbourne (2019). It also intends to include discussions on technical, legal, regulatory and cooperation aspects of all facets of terrorism financing.
It attempts to also set the pace for other high level official and political deliberations, focused on countering terrorist financing.
Globally, countries have been affected by terrorism and militancy for several years. The pattern of violence differs in most theatres, but is largely engendered by a tumultuous geo-political environment, coupled with prolonged armed sectarian conflicts.
Such conflicts often lead to poor governance, political instability, economic deprivation and large ungoverned spaces. The involvement of a complaint State often exacerbates terrorism, especially its financing.