Five UNSC Members Block Pakistan Move to List Two Indians as Global Terrorists

admin September 3, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

The US, UK, France, Germany and Belgium decided to block Pakistan’s move to list two Indian nationals as global terrorists under the UN Security Council 1267 sanctions committee.
Earlier, they had put a hold on the listing, to give time for evidence to be provided. With no evidence at hand, the five countries decided to block the proposal.
While the US, UK and France are permanent members of the UNSC, Germany and Belgium are non-permanent members.
The listing requests concerned two Indian nationals, identified as Gobinda Patnaik Duggivalasa and Appaji Angara.
India believes that Islamabad is trying to hit back after New Delhi managed to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist under the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee in May last year.
In July, Pakistan, with the support of UN Security Council permanent member and its all-weather ally China, had moved the 1267 Al Qaida sanctions committee
- To designate two Indians as global terrorists after accusing them of terror attacks in Balochistan and Peshawar, and even registered FIRs against them.
With this, Pakistan has tried to get four Indian nationals listed as global terrorists.
All four, who were working in Afghanistan, have left the country and returned to India.