India calls on UN to pass global anti-terror convention CCIT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday called upon the United Nations to pass the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to end Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Proposed by India in 1996, CCIT aims to arrive at a universal definition of terrorism, ban all terror groups, prosecute terrorists under special laws and make cross-border terrorism an extraditable offence.