Pakistan's demand to chair 4 UN terror-related panels snubbed, finally given only one

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's demands, arsenic a non-permanent subordinate of UN Security Council (UNSC), for enactment of 4 terrorism-related committees person been rebuffed by different members of the council, authoritative sources present said.

The state had to marque bash with chairship of lone the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee.Pakistan had demanded chairships of the 1267 Sanctions Committee; 1540 (Non-Proliferation) Sanctions Committee; 1988 Taliban Committee; and 1373 Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC). Apart from the Taliban committee, it has besides been allowed CTC's vice-chairship. India sees this arsenic good abbreviated of its neighbour's "tall expectations and claims".Pakistan's demands caused a deficiency of statement successful UNSC, delaying the process of allocation of UN committees by astir 5 months. "The allocation should person been undertaken by Jan 2025," said an official.'Other members weren't blessed with Pak attitude' An official, who said Pakistan's demands had delayed the process of allocation of UN committees by astir 5 months, said: "A deficiency of statement and unreasonable demands by Pakistan prevented a statement till June 2025.

The different assembly members were not blessed with this uncompromising and undeserving cognition depicted by Pakistan's demands." Any effort by Pakistan to people India connected the contented of coercion is apt to tally into superior checks and balances, apt to beryllium imposed by different members. An authoritative source, who did not privation to beryllium named, said countries (China, France, Russia, UK and the US - the 5 imperishable UNSC members) didn't privation to caput immoderate of the committees, knowing good that chairs don't substance much, arsenic they tin lone run done consensus. Chairships bash let non-permanent members to marque immoderate noise, arsenic Pakistan has been doing, the authoritative added.While the Taliban committee is mandated with overseeing the implementation of sanctions connected terrorists and designating individuals and entities which conscionable the listing criteria, the beingness of affable countries - specified arsenic Russia and Guyana - arsenic vice-chairs successful the committee would beryllium reassuring for India. "India volition enactment intimately with its friends successful the council," an authoritative said. Govt sources besides said that the presumption of vice-chair of the CTC, which Pakistan has been allocated, was not precise substantive. It is not adjacent a co-chair, and the station is ceremonial. "Pakistan, contempt each its rhetoric, has not been capable to get its way," said different root connected the information of anonymity. "India was seat of the 1373 CTC successful 2022. India had earlier, too, during its 2011-'12 UNSC term, chaired the 1373 CTC." The root added that this reflected Pakistan's "standing and credibility" successful the UN.