CNS Monitoring Desk,18-Oct; Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 90th Interpol General Assembly meeting at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The four-day General Assembly of INTERPOL begins today and will conclude on the 21st of this month.The meeting is taking place in India after a gap of about 25 years, it was last held in 1997.Interacting with media in New Delhi, Interpol Chief Jurgen Stock spoke about the increase in violence in the real and virtual world causing social and economic impact on governments and businesses. The Interpol Chief said, organised crime networks are making billions of dollars. Stock called for increasing the fight to protect the most vulnerable in the world.“Time to look ahead and also look at the past. Our Vedas say let noble thoughts come from all directions and India believes in global cooperation,” Modi said at the inauguration.“Interpol is approaching a historic milestone. In 2023, it will celebrate its 100 years. This is a call for universal cooperation to make the world a better place. India is one of the top contributors towards UN Peacekeeping Operations,” Modi said.“When nations and societies are becoming inward-looking, India calls for greater world cooperation,” Modi.“When threats are global, response can’t be local. It’s high time, the world should come together to defeat these threats,” the PM added.Modi also released the commemorative postal stamp and commemorative coins of ₹100 denomination.The meeting will be attended by delegations from 195 Interpol member countries comprising ministers, police chiefs of countries, heads of national central bureaus and senior police officers.The general assembly is Interpol’s supreme governing body and meets once a year to take key decisions related to its functioning.India’s proposal to host the Interpol general assembly in 2022 at New Delhi coinciding with celebrations for the 75th year of India’s independence was accepted by the assembly with overwhelming majority.The event provides an opportunity to showcase the best practices in India’s law and order system to the entire world, the statement said.(CNS)
