China objects to India’s bid to blacklist senior JeM leader at the UN

Subject : International Relations

Section: International Organisation

Concept :

India’s proposals to blacklist Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) were objected to by China.
Abdul Rauf Azhar has been involved in planning and executing numerous terror strikes in India which include the hijacking of Indian Airlines aircraft IC814 in 1999, the attack on Parliament in 2001 and the targeting of the IAF base in Pathankot in 2016.
China objected to the proposal from India to add Abdul Rauf of the JeM to the UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIL and Al Qaida Sanctions list.
China had also blocked the proposals to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists Hafiz Talah Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist Sajid Mir in the past.

UNSC’s 1267 Sanctions Committee

This Committee was set up based on resolution 1267 passed in 1999.
The Committee oversees the implementation of the sanctions measures under resolutions 1267, 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.
Hence it is also called ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.
The Committee comprises all 15 members of the Security Council and makes its decision by consensus. i.e. it consists of both the permanent as well as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The Committee designates individuals and entities who meet the listing criteria set out in the relevant resolutions.

Sanctions imposed on individuals who are designated as terrorists by UNSC

Assets Freeze: All states are mandated to freeze the funds, and financial and economic assets of designated individuals and entities.
Travel Ban: All states are mandated to prevent the entry or transit of these designated individuals through their territories.
Arms Embargo: All states are mandated to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer of arms and other materials such as spare parts, technical advice, and training related to military activities to designated individuals.