• Source:JND

India has sharply criticised Pakistan for chairing the UN Security Council committee responsible for sanctions against the Taliban, calling it a clear case of “obvious conflicts of interest.” Without naming Islamabad directly, India’s remarks strongly indicated disapproval of Pakistan’s leadership of the influential 1988 Sanctions Committee as well as its role as co-chair of the Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).

The 1988 Committee, created under a UN resolution bearing the same number, has the authority to impose travel bans and other restrictions on Taliban members. Its decisions directly affect high-level diplomatic engagements, including the travel of Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, whose recent visit to India was delayed due to difficulty securing a travel waiver.

India Flags Conflict Of Interest

India highlighted that Pakistan’s position at the helm of anti-terror mechanisms was incompatible with its record of offering safe havens to terrorist groups and leaders, including individuals sanctioned by the UN itself. New Delhi underscored the irony that a state accused of shielding proscribed organisations was helping shape global counter-terror decisions.

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Call For Transparency In UN Committees

Speaking at the UN, India’s representative emphasised the need to “rip off the veil of secrecy” surrounding the functioning of the Security Council’s subsidiary organs, particularly the anti-terrorism committees.

“Selection of Chairs of subsidiary bodies and pen-holderships needs to be carried out in a more transparent, objective and time-bound manner,” he said.

India argued that many of the Council’s internal processes, including how listing requests for terror entities are handled, remain opaque. Unlike de-listing decisions, which follow clearer procedures, listing proposals often fail without explanation, leaving non-Council members in the dark.

“There must be greater transparency in the functioning of subsidiary organs,” India stressed. “A case in point is the manner in which listing requests are rejected… these are done in a rather obscure manner.”

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