UNITED NATION: France is operating on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood Azhar after it assumes the Presidency of the robust UN Security Council in March, sources stated.
The rotating per 30 days Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council (UNSC) will cross from Equatorial Guinea to France on March 1.
France, an enduring member of the Council with veto powers, is operating at the proposal (to ban Azhar) and it should be in a position quickly, knowledgeable sources instructed PTI, adding that the proposal against the JeM chief may most likely be moved within the Sanctions Committee underneath the French presidency.
"France is focussed on bringing individual listing requests of JeM terrorists to the 1267 Sanctions Committee soon," they stated.
The Pakistan-based JeM claimed the duty of the heinous suicide assault in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14 in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed, sparking outrage in India.
Following the incident, India bombed and destroyed JeM's largest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80km from the Line of Control early Tuesday, killing a "very large number" of terrorists, running shoes, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen action.
The facility at Balakot was headed by way of Yousuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of the JeM chief.
The proposal, when moved, would be the fourth such bid on the UN within the ultimate 10 years to listing Azhar as a global terrorist.
In 2009, India had moved a proposal by itself to designate Azhar. This was followed in 2016 when India moved the proposal with the P3 - the United States, the United Kingdom and France - within the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee to ban Azhar, additionally the mastermind of the assault at the air base in Pathankot in January, 2016.
In 2017, the P3 countries moved a similar proposal once more. However, on all events China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the us, blocked the proposal from being adopted by way of the Sanctions Committee.
It is still noticed how China will vote at the proposal this time, following a an important bilateral assembly between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese international minister Wang Yi in Wuzhen, where she is collaborating within the Russia, India, China (RIC) international ministers assembly.
Swaraj on Wednesday raised the Pulwama suicide assault in her assembly along with her Chinese counterpart, a day after India destroyed a significant JeM terror training camp in Pakistan.
Stating that the JeM is banned by way of the UN and other nations, Swaraj instructed Wang that "this terrorist attack is the direct result of the impunity and cover provided to the JeM and its leaders by the Pakistani side".
"After the Pulwama attack the entire UN has spoken with full voice to condemn it," she stated.
The French Presidency of the us comes after the 15-nation UN organ underneath the presidency of Equatorial Guinea had issued a extremely important press observation strongly condemning the Pulwama terror assault.
China needed to log off at the February 21 UNSC press observation that "condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in over 40 Indian paramilitary forces dead and dozens wounded on February 14, 2019, for which Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility".
On the us press observation condemning the Pulwama assault, a UN diplomat right here stated that what moved the Security Council was that "this is an issue that all the members speak with one voice in the fight against terrorism. Whenever there is an act of terrorism, any where no matter who perpetrates it, it receives the condemnation of not only of the Security Council but of all the international community."
The UNSC press observation was noticed now not best as a strong condemnation of terror against India but additionally of global harmony with New Delhi on its fight against terrorism.
China's lone opposition in the us to any mention of terrorism resulted in a extend of just about one week in issuance of the press observation by way of the robust body at the dastardly Pulwama terror assault, reliable sources had stated.
However, the US assiduously labored as "pen holder" making quite a lot of adjustments to get the approval by way of all other contributors of the Council, they stated.
In a observation issued by way of the acting spokesperson of the ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France following the air strikes by way of the Indian Air Force at the JeM training camp in Pakistan, France stated it "stands by India in the fight against terrorism in all its forms" and "is fully engaged in mobilizing the international community to sanction the terrorists responsible for this attack and freezing their financing networks."
Hours after India carried out the air strikes against the most important training camp of JeM in Balakot, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterated his "urgent appeal to both the Government of India and the government of Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate."
His spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric instructed reporters on the day by day press briefing that the UN chief is "obviously following this situation very closely."
The rotating per 30 days Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council (UNSC) will cross from Equatorial Guinea to France on March 1.
France, an enduring member of the Council with veto powers, is operating at the proposal (to ban Azhar) and it should be in a position quickly, knowledgeable sources instructed PTI, adding that the proposal against the JeM chief may most likely be moved within the Sanctions Committee underneath the French presidency.
"France is focussed on bringing individual listing requests of JeM terrorists to the 1267 Sanctions Committee soon," they stated.
The Pakistan-based JeM claimed the duty of the heinous suicide assault in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14 in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed, sparking outrage in India.
Following the incident, India bombed and destroyed JeM's largest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80km from the Line of Control early Tuesday, killing a "very large number" of terrorists, running shoes, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen action.
The facility at Balakot was headed by way of Yousuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of the JeM chief.
The proposal, when moved, would be the fourth such bid on the UN within the ultimate 10 years to listing Azhar as a global terrorist.
In 2009, India had moved a proposal by itself to designate Azhar. This was followed in 2016 when India moved the proposal with the P3 - the United States, the United Kingdom and France - within the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee to ban Azhar, additionally the mastermind of the assault at the air base in Pathankot in January, 2016.
In 2017, the P3 countries moved a similar proposal once more. However, on all events China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the us, blocked the proposal from being adopted by way of the Sanctions Committee.
It is still noticed how China will vote at the proposal this time, following a an important bilateral assembly between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese international minister Wang Yi in Wuzhen, where she is collaborating within the Russia, India, China (RIC) international ministers assembly.
Swaraj on Wednesday raised the Pulwama suicide assault in her assembly along with her Chinese counterpart, a day after India destroyed a significant JeM terror training camp in Pakistan.
Stating that the JeM is banned by way of the UN and other nations, Swaraj instructed Wang that "this terrorist attack is the direct result of the impunity and cover provided to the JeM and its leaders by the Pakistani side".
"After the Pulwama attack the entire UN has spoken with full voice to condemn it," she stated.
The French Presidency of the us comes after the 15-nation UN organ underneath the presidency of Equatorial Guinea had issued a extremely important press observation strongly condemning the Pulwama terror assault.
China needed to log off at the February 21 UNSC press observation that "condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in over 40 Indian paramilitary forces dead and dozens wounded on February 14, 2019, for which Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility".
On the us press observation condemning the Pulwama assault, a UN diplomat right here stated that what moved the Security Council was that "this is an issue that all the members speak with one voice in the fight against terrorism. Whenever there is an act of terrorism, any where no matter who perpetrates it, it receives the condemnation of not only of the Security Council but of all the international community."
The UNSC press observation was noticed now not best as a strong condemnation of terror against India but additionally of global harmony with New Delhi on its fight against terrorism.
China's lone opposition in the us to any mention of terrorism resulted in a extend of just about one week in issuance of the press observation by way of the robust body at the dastardly Pulwama terror assault, reliable sources had stated.
However, the US assiduously labored as "pen holder" making quite a lot of adjustments to get the approval by way of all other contributors of the Council, they stated.
In a observation issued by way of the acting spokesperson of the ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France following the air strikes by way of the Indian Air Force at the JeM training camp in Pakistan, France stated it "stands by India in the fight against terrorism in all its forms" and "is fully engaged in mobilizing the international community to sanction the terrorists responsible for this attack and freezing their financing networks."
Hours after India carried out the air strikes against the most important training camp of JeM in Balakot, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterated his "urgent appeal to both the Government of India and the government of Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate."
His spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric instructed reporters on the day by day press briefing that the UN chief is "obviously following this situation very closely."
France to bring proposal to ban Masood Azhar: Sources
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