♤ These Summits have achieved tangible improvements in the security of nuclear materials and stronger international institutions that support nuclear security.

3.10. Terrorism

♤ The Global Terrorism Index 2017 released by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last 17 years in covering the period from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2016.

♤ India, which ranks eighth on the list.

♤ India displaced Pakistan on a list of countries facing terror attacks in 2016, with higher fatalities and injuries than its restive neighbour, according to data compiled by the US state department.

♤ Out of 11,072 terror attacks in 2016 worldwide, India bore the brunt of 927, 16% more than 2015 (798).

♤ The number of deaths in India also rose 17% from 289 in 2015 to 337 in 2016while the number of injured increased from 500 in 2015 to 636 last year. On the other hand, the number of terror attacks in Pakistan reduced by 27% to 734 in 2016 from 1,010 in 2015.

3.10.1. International Efforts

♤ Key difficulty has been in defining terrorism for common action.

♤ The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on 8 September 2006.

♤ Through its adoption that all Member States have agreed the first time to a common strategic and operational approach to fight terrorism, not only sending a clear message that terrorism is unacceptable in all its forms and manifestation but also resolving to take practical steps individually and collectively to prevent and combat it.

♤ Those practical steps include a wide array of measures ranging from strengthening state capacity to counter terrorist threats to better coordinating United Nations system’s counter- terrorism activities.

♤ 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.