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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

India calls for inclusion of terrorism under crimes against humanity framework at UN

New York: India on Monday (local time) called for terrorist acts meeting the requisite threshold to be appropriately reflected within the framework of crimes against humanity at the United Nations, while emphasising the primary responsibility of states to prevent, investigate and prosecute such crimes through national legal and judicial mechanisms.

R Mythili, Counsellor (Legal Adviser) at India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, delivered the statement at the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee concerning the "United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity".

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