The Hindu Editorial (United against terror) – Oct 31, 2022

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The Hindu Editorial (United against terror) – Oct 31, 2022

India’s decision to host the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is an important marker of the Government’s ongoing effort to highlight terrorism issues at a time the global body has been more focused on the Ukraine war. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (United against terror) – Oct 31, 2022.

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United Nations Security Council (UNSC) (noun) – it is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security.
counter-terrorism (noun) – anti-terrorism; actions taken to combat or prevent terrorism.
committee (noun) – advisory body; committee, board, council, panel.
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) (noun) – The UN CTC, comprising all 15 members of the Security Council, was established by Resolution 1373 (2001) on 28 September 2001. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter (concerning threats to international peace and security), the Security Council adopted the resolution to enforce counter-terrorist measures in United Nations Member States.
persuade (verb) – influence, convince, induce, prompt (someone to do something through reasoning/analysis/thinking/justification/rationalization).
humanity (noun) – human beings, humankind, the human race.
host (verb) – organize, arrange (an event).
marker (noun) – a distinctive feature.
ongoing (adjective) – continuous, constant, unending.
highlight (verb) – emphasize, draw attention on, underline, underscore.
diplomat (noun) – ambassador, envoy, consul, emissary.
architecture (noun) – structure, formation, composition, organization.
the spotlight (noun) – the public attention, the focus of public/media; the public eye.
uphill (adjective) – arduous, difficult, hard/tough, taxing, demanding.
trail (noun) – court case, judicial proceedings, legal action.
execution (noun) – killing, hanging, putting to death.
drag one’s feet (phrase) – delay, procrastinate, postpone action, put off doing something, use delaying tactics, take one’s time.
prosecute (verb) – take to court, bring an action against, take legal action against, accuse, charge.
Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) (noun) – the premier agency of Pakistan at national level to investigate federal crimes.
hold someone responsible for (phrase) – to blame someone for something; lay at someone’s door, pin something on.
attendee (noun) – a person who attends a conference.
voice (verb) – express, reveal, state, mention, point out.
grey/watch list (noun) – a list of countries on observation due to their “strategic deficiencies” in countering terror-financing and money-laundering. The countries put on grey/watch list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be subjected to direct monitoring and intense scrutiny by the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) on terror financing.
blacklist (noun) – a list of countries which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) judges to be non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (noun) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. The inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society.
mandated (adjective) – required, authorized, instructed.
try (verb) – investigate and decide (a case) in a formal trial.
convict (verb) -pass judgement on, punish, sentence.
conspirator (noun) – conspirer, plotter/schemer, intriguer.
extradite (verb) – to surrender a fugitive (a person who has escaped from being confined/accused of crime) from one (country’s) jurisdiction to another by mutual agreements between the two countries; hand over, deport, banish/expel.
designate (verb) – name, identify, recognize, classify.
radicalisation (noun) – the process of causing someone to follow radical (extreme) ways particularly in politics ( & society).
cryptocurrency (noun) – a type of digital currency.
virtual asset (noun) – a digital representation of value that can be digitally traded, or transferred, and can be used for payment or investment purposes.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) (noun) – drone; an aircraft that carries no human pilot or passengers.
strike (noun) – attack.
arms (noun) – weapons of war, weaponry, firearms, guns, artillery, armaments.
deliberation (noun) – careful thought, thinking, consideration, discussion, consultation, debate.
led to past tense of lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
New Delhi Declaration (noun) – a resolution that was passed unanimously in its New Delhi Declaration (paragraph22 in the XIII BRICS Summit, September 9, 2021). The core demand in this resolution was that the five BRICS nations were opposed to the unilateral use of force against any state, wanted all disputes resolved by peaceful means, and categorically ruled out the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
counter (verb) – oppose, resist, combat, stand up to.
tenure (noun) – term of office, period in office, period of office, time in office.
keep up (phrasal verb) – continue, maintain, continue with, go on with, carry on with, persist with.
momentum (noun) – energy, strength, impetus.
keep up the momentum (phrase) – to continue doing what is being done till the successful completion.
briefing (noun) – conference, meeting (being held for instructions, directions or guidelines on something).
long on something and short on something (phrase) – having excess or surplus of one quality/feature and not enough of another quality/feature.
press the point (phrase) – to repeat (mentioning) a point frequently in a way in order to show that it is very important.
gravest superlative adjective of grave (adjective) – serious, terrible, awful.