Guwahati: The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the third “No Money for Terror” Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.
The conference will provide a special forum for participating countries and organisations to discuss the effectiveness of the current global counter-terrorism financing regime and the steps necessary to meet new problems, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office (PMO).
The conference will expand on the successes and insights of the two prior gatherings which took place in Paris in April 2018 and Melbourne in November 2019. Additionally, it will work to improve international cooperation in order to deny terrorists access to funding and permissive jurisdictions.
“It will be attended by about 450 delegates from across the world, including Ministers, Heads of Multilateral organisations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Heads of Delegations,” the PMO said.
Four sessions will be held during the conference, with the topics of “Global Trends in Terrorism and Terrorist Financing”, “Use of Formal and Informal Channels of Funds for Terrorism”, “Emerging Technologies and Terrorist Financing” and “International Co-operation to Address Challenges in Combating Terrorist Financing” being the main points of discussion.
PM Modi will inaugurate the conference and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will close it out by expressing India’s resolve in combating terrorism and its support mechanisms for doing so successfully.
As Pakistan and Afghanistan will not be attending the international event, India stated on Thursday that confirmation from China is still pending.
However, 78 nations and multilateral organisations including ministers from 20 nations have confirmed their attendance at the two-day meeting being held here in the national capital on November 18 and November 19.
The third edition of the “No Money For Terror” Conference will start on November 18 and will feature 78 nations and multilateral organisations, according to Dinkar Gupta, Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India’s counterterrorism organisation that reports to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The NIA Director General responded, “Pakistan and Afghanistan are not participating in this conference,” when asked about the participation of Pakistan and Afghanistan at the conference.
Secretary West (MEA) Sanjay Verma responded to a question on China’s participation in the international conference on terrorism financing by saying “the participation of China is not yet confirmed.”