Describing terrorism as “one of the most serious threats” to global peace, India on Tuesday made a strong pitch for early adoption of a convention mooted by it over a decade ago to tackle the menace, days after Bangalore and Ahmedabad were rocked by serial blasts which left more than 50 people dead.“I would particularly underline the need for concerted efforts by all of us to work towards early finalisation and adoption of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, a draft for which was presented by India at the United Nations as far back as 1996,” External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at the 15th Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) here.“An act of terrorism anywhere is a threat to peace and stability everywhere,” he said.
