France, UK and US – moved a proposal in the UN Security Council to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a proscribed organisation under UN Security Council Resolution 1267.
India's efforts to put Pakistan in the dock over the Pulwama terror attack got a major shot in the arm on Wednesday as three major powers — France, UK and US – moved a proposal in the UN Security Council to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a proscribed organisation under UN Security Council Resolution 1267.
Adding to the growing list of concerned countries, New Zealand too joined in on Wednesday as its parliament passed a unanimous resolution condemning the suicide attack and offered "deep sympathies to those affected". Kiwi Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters moved the motion in the Parliament without notice, but it was passed with an absolute majority.
Sources confirmed that the three key countries in the five member UNSC are all set to move the UN again in a couple of days. This would be the second time that three powerful nations from the P5 (five permanent members of international body) would move such proposal in the UN. They had moved a similar proposal in 2017 after the 2016 attack on the Indian Brigade headquarters in Uri, the responsibility for which was also claimed by JeM.
Meanwhile, security agencies report that the Pakistani army has asked Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed to lay low and limit public appearances.
The French decision to move the proposal was discussed between diplomatic advisor to the French president Philippe Etienne and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. Following this, a French official reportedly confirmed that the European nation will lead the proposal to put Masood Azhar, chief of JeM, on the terrorist list within the next few days.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump described the Pulwama terror attack as a "horrible situation" promising India to issue a statement after going through the reports. State Department deputy spokesperson Robert Palladino too expressed strong support for India, asking Pakistan to punish anyone found responsible for the February 14 attack.
Trump, however, later said it would be "wonderful" if the two South Asia neighbours could get along by sorting out differences. "I have watched," he said. "I have got a lot of reports on it. We will have comment (on it) at an appropriate time. It would be wonderful if they (India and Pakistan) get along."
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Michelle Bachelet also commiserated with India, through the spokesperson Rupert Colville. "The High Commissioner strongly condemns the suicide bomb attack against Indian security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on 14 February and calls on authorities to bring those responsible to justice," he said in Geneva.
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