The Chinese government’s decision to cast its crucial vote in favour of the UNSC’s move to ban the JuD as a global terrorist organisation indicates the widening of the gulf between Beijing and Islamabad
LAHORE: The Chinese government’s December 10 decision to cast its crucial vote in favour of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s move to ban the Jamaatul Daawa (JuD) as a global terrorist organisation indicates the widening of the gulf between Beijing and Islamabad which had been considered as traditional friends in the past.
The ban was only possible if China, one of the five permanent members of the UNSC, decided to cast its vote in favour of the UN resolution. Beijing, in the past,has thrice blocked similar attempts to proscribe the outfit on the request of the Pakistan government.
Diplomats in Islamabad say that in the aftermath of the deadly Mumbai terror attacks, China was left with no other option but to side with the international community instead of backing Pakistan.
According to the foreign office sources in Islamabad, three resolutions seeking a ban on the JuD, tabled before the UN SC since 2003, had been put on technical hold by Beijing weilding its veto right.
Each time the ‘Al-Qaeda, Taliban Sanctions Committee’ of the UNSC tabled a resolution to include JuD in the list of terrorist groups, China blocked the move, seeking credible evidences from the UN indicating JuD’s terror links. Technical hold requires information demanded by any permanent member of the UNSC before processing a resolution to declare someone a terrorist group.
Chinese authorities reportedly used to intervene in the past on the request of the Musharraf regime.
In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks and the evidence furnished by the Indian
authorities, however, Beijing this time around had to side with Islamabad.
The Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, established on October 15, 1999, by the UNSC, has had the mandate to impose economic sanctions on the individuals and entities associated with Qaeda, its chief Osama bin Laden and/or with Taliban wherever located.
The Committee comprising 15 members also entertains requests made by any member state on whose territory any terrorist organisation exists. The Committee had previously declared Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) a terrorist outfit on May 2, 2005, upon US’ request.
The UN move was followed by the US state department’s decision to brand the JuD a terrorist organisation, saying it was a front for the LeT , prompting Pakistan to place the JuD on its interior ministry’s watch list on August 20, 2006.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}