India’s Chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement
India will officially assume the chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on January 1, 2023.
On December 1, 2022, at the 26th annual plenary of the Wassenaar arrangement in Vienna, Ambassador of Ireland handed over the chairmanship to India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Jaideep Mazumdar.
Significance for India
- The timing of India’s WA chairmanship coincides with a recent increase in country’s anti-terrorism position in international bodies.
- Terrorism is one of the three challenges along with climate change and pandemics in India’s agenda for its G20 presidency beginning December 1st 2022.
- India is also actively engaging global stakeholders in curbing terrorist ....
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