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The US, UK, France, Germany and Belgium on Wednesday decided to block Pakistan’s move to list two Indian nationals as global terrorists under the UN Security Council 1267 sanctions committee. UNSC Reject Pakistan Move to list two Indians as global terrorists.
About the move : UNSC Reject Pakistan Move to list two Indians as global terrorists
- Listing requests concerned two Indian nationals, identified as Gobinda Patnaik Duggivalasa and Appaji Angara.
- Angara has been accused of the attack on Army School in Peshawar on December 16, 2014.
- Duggivalasa accused of a terror attack on Siraj Raisani, a Pakistani politician, on July 13, 2018 160 pople killed.
- Accusing them of terror attacks in Balochistan and Peshawar citing registered FIRs against them.
- In fact Pakistan has tried to get four Indian nationals listed as global terrorists and four, who were working in Afghanistan have left the country and returned to India.
- In the past months, Pakistan, with China’s help, has submitted proposals to designate six Indians as global terrorists.
United Nation Security Council (UNSC)
- The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of International peace and security.
- The council has 15 members :
- 5 Permanent – US, UK, Russia, France and China
- 10 members elected by the General Assembly for 2-year terms.
- Present ten non-permanent members (with end of term date) are
- Belgium
- Dominican Republic
- Estonia, Germany
- Indonesia
- Niger
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- South Africa
- Tunisia
- While other organs of the UN can only make recommendations‖ to member states, the Security Council has the power to make binding decisions on member states.
- All the members have one vote and permanent members have veto power.
- Decisions on procedural matters should have vote of at least 9 of the 15 members and decision on substantive matters require nine votes and the absence of negative vote by any of the 5 permanent members.
- The presidency of the Security Council rotates alphabetically each month.
Nations Seeking Reforms and Their Demand
- G4 Nations : 4 countries bids for permanent seats in UNSC. They are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan.
- Uniting for Consensus (Coffee Club) : These are group of countries who are opposing the expansion of permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council under the leadership of Italy.
- Other Members in Coffee Club : Spain, Malta, San Marino , Pakistan , South Korea, Canada , Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Turkey.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 and Sanctions
- United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 was adopted on 15 October 1999.
- This committee oversees sanctions measures related to individuals, entities and groups, associated with the aforementioned organisations.
- These sanctions would result in travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo.
- The committee has presently listed 262 individuals and 83 entities in its sanctions regime.
- Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar was listed as a designated global terrorist by the UN Security Council 1267 Committee on May 2019.
Source : Indian Express
Topics
Prelims : resolution 1267, United Nation Security Council (UNSC)
GS II : Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate
Current Affairs Compilation : 4 September 2020