UNITED NATIONS: China Wednesday delayed a proposal by the United States andIndia, seeking to sanction a top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander at the UNSecurity Council, diplomats said.
India and the United States wanted Abdul Rauf Azhar to be subjected to aglobal travel ban and asset freeze. Such a move has to be agreed by all 15members of a Security Council sanctions committee.
“We placed a hold because we need more time to study the case. Placingholds is provided for by the Committee guidelines, and there have beenquite a number of similar holds by Committee members on listing requests,”a spokesperson for China’s mission to the United Nations said.
The US Treasury designated Azhar in 2010, accusing him of urging Pakistanisto engage in militant activities and organise suicide attacks in India.
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The United States respects other countries’ needs to verify that asanctions proposal meets their “domestic evidentiary threshold to justify alisting at the UN,” a spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nationssaid on Wednesday.
“The United States values cooperation with our Security Council partners toeffectively use this tool in an apolitical way to stop terrorists fromexploiting the global order to do their misdeeds,” the spokesperson said.
