India to chair Counter Terrorism Committee of UNSC in January 2022

• India will chair the Counter-Terrorism Committee of UNSC in January 2022 after 10 years. 

• The Counter-Terrorism Committee was established by Security Council resolution 1373 adopted unanimously on 28 September 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. 

• The Committee was tasked with monitoring the implementation of resolution 1373 which requested countries to implement a number of measures aimed at enhancing their legal and institutional ability to counter terrorist activities at home and around the world.