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| India seeks unified intl response to wipe out terrorism | | | United Nations, Mar 21
Observing that efforts to negotiate peace with extremists was not succeeding, India has sought a unified and robust international response to wipe out terrorism.
"Tolerating the spiral of violence is not an option," Indian representative Vikram Doraiswami told the 15-member Security Council as it considered the situation in Afghanistan yesterday.
The increasing trend of suicide bombings in Afghanistan, he said, reinforces the Indian view that the efforts to negotiate peace with extremists in the more troubled provinces were not succeeding.
Stressing that it is the responsibility of the international community, particularly States in the region, to help Afghanistan emerge from war, strife and privation, Doraiswami told the Council that consolidation of hard-won gains since the fall of "regressive" Taliban regime "must be a long-term strategic objective for all of us, not merely a tactical manoeuvre for the present".
While maintaining robust response to terrorism, he said, international community must simultaneously focus on the "most rapid possible" expansion of capacity in Afghanistan to deliver effective governance, development and the dividends of peace.
"The reason for this prioritisation is as simple as it is self evident: development, good governance and other symbols of democracy are based primarily on peace and stability," he pointed out.
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