Antonio Guterres, UN’s Secretary General, has expressed that he expects the member countries of the United Nations to uphold their duties to the Security Council resolutions after a report by the United States stated that Pakistan continues to shelter terrorism. This report further included the incident of Pakistan’s inactivity towards the JeM founder Masood Azhar.
The UN 1267 Sanctions Committee designated Azhar as a global terrorist in May last year, slapping an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on him, 10 years after India’s first move to have him blacklisted at the UN. Following the designation, the State Department said that the designation is an “important step” in promoting a peaceful and stable South Asia.
In their Congressional mandated country reports on terrorism for 2019, the United States accused Pakistan of harbouring terrorism and maintained that the suspension of monetary aid to the country remains in effect as of December 2019. It also accused the latter of having taken little to no steps in order to curb terrorism and prevent those groups that specifically targeted India.
It emphasized that groups that were supposedly taken action against were reportedly those that were focused externally, adding that the perpetrators responsible for the Mumbai terrorist attacks still roam free.