UN Security Council 1267 : China Blocked Proposal To Blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar
Source : Deccan Chronicle
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What is discussed under UN Security Council 1267 : China Blocked Proposal To Blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar?
- Key Facts on issue
- United Nation Security Council (UNSC)
Why in News ?
China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and the deputy chief of the Pakistan-based terror group, in the second such move by Beijing in less than two months.
Key Facts
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- Beijing put a hold on the latest proposal without giving any justification must end and asserted that the credibility of the sanctions regime was at an all-time low.
- Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010.
- He was the mastermind of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 in 1999 that led to the release of his brother Masood Azhar from a prison in India.
- China has however placed a technical hold on the proposal while all other 14 member states of the UN Security Council were supportive of the listing proposal.
United Nation Security Council (UNSC)
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- 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
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- 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.
- Procedure
- Any member state can submit a proposal for listing an individual, group, or entity.
- Decisions on listing and de-listing are adopted by consensus.
- No member objects within five working days, the proposal is adopted.
- Any member of the Committee may also put a technical hold on the proposal.
- Pending issues must be resolved in six months, but the member state that has placed the hold may ask for an additional three months. At the end of this period, if an objection is not placed, the matter is considered approved.
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