New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will lead the Security Council of the UN Security Council on increasing maritime security, through video conferencing on Monday.
The government said in Modi’s statement would be the first Indian PM to lead an open debate.
The meeting is expected to be attended by several Heads of State and Government of Unsc Member States.
The debate will focus on ways to effectively fight maritime crime and insecurity and strengthen coordination in the maritime domain.
“The UN Security Council has discussed and provides resolutions on various aspects of maritime security and maritime crime.
However, this will be the first time maritime security will be discussed holistically as an exclusive agenda item in high-level open debates.” The government said in a statement.
“Given that there is no country that can overcome various aspects of maritime security, it is important to consider this subject in a holistic way in the UN Security Council.
Comprehensive approach to maritime security must protect and support legitimate maritime activities, while fighting traditional.
And non-threat.
Traditional in the maritime domain, “he added.
Modi Prioritizes Sagar – Acronym Vision for ‘Security and Growth for all in the region’ in 2015.
This vision focuses on cooperative measures for sustainable use of the ocean, and provides a safe, safe and stable framework, and maritime domain In this region, according to MEA.
In 2019, in the East Asia Summit, this initiative was then described through the Initiative of the Indo-Pacific Ocean (IPOI) with a focus on seven maritime security pillars including maritime ecology, maritime resources, capacity building and resource sharing, disaster risk reduction, and management , Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation and Trade Connectivity and Maritime Transportation.