Underlining that the world cannot have prosperity without peace, India has told the UN member states that terrorism is the principal threat to peace and the poor are its most vulnerable victims. “We cannot have prosperity without peace, and the principal threat to peace now is terrorism. The poor are the most vulnerable victims of terrorism, not least because conflict leads to devastation,” minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar said here on Thursday. Speaking at a high-level segment on Right to Development, he said the challenge of the 21st century is to seek peace in all its dimensions and there is no peace greater than peace of mind. “A world with islands of prosperity amid a sea of want is not only morally untenable, it is also politically unsustainable.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 08:03 UTC