India has slammed the UN Security Council\u2019s Sanctions Committees, saying they are opaque and lack accountability and never inform the reason for not acceding to requests for sanctioning terrorists, in an apparent reference to China repeatedly blocking New Delhi\u2019s bid to list Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.<\/p>\n
Addressing a UNSC debate on \u2018Strengthening Multilateralism and the role of the United Nations\u2019 Friday, India\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said even as the Council has spawned an entire range of subordinate bodies, the functioning of this \u201csubterranean universe\u201d of subordinate bodies has become \u201cbyzantine\u201d. \u201cIn an age where informed publics increasingly demand transparency from public institutions, the Sanctions Committees are the most egregious examples known to multilateralism in terms of their opacity and lack of accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Akbaruddin said the Sanctions Committees \u201costensibly\u201d act on behalf of the entire membership of the UN, \u201cyet, they do not inform us that due to a negative vote cast by any of their 15 members, they have decided not to sanction an entity or individual proposed by any member state\u201d.<\/p>\n
Though he did not mention the name of any country, it is well known that China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the UNSC, has repeatedly blocked India\u2019s move supported by the US, Britain and France to designate Azhar a terrorist under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Council. The Jaish-e-Mohammed, founded by Azhar, is already in the UN\u2019s list of banned terror outfits.<\/p>\n
Akbaruddin said it is obvious that the UNSC is facing crises of performance, credibility, legitimacy and relevance. \u201cHowever, to blame multilateralism for the dismal situation of the Council, is, to use a New York sporting analogy, like \u2018blaming the Madison Square Garden for the failure of the New York Knicks in the NBA\u2019, year after year, for decades,\u201d he said. He lamented that the Council\u2019s membership diverges from the distribution of global power and is unable to accommodate contemporary realities. Large sections of global populations are left disenchanted and nursing a sense of historical injustice due to the anachronistic composition, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNimble organisations seek to replace routines with initiatives, continuity with \ufb02exibility and rules with results. On one hand, the Council has expanded its remit by broadening definitions of violent conflicts, addressing issues of nuclear proliferation…and recognising a new generation of challenges relating to terrorism…On the other hand, it has remained rooted in the historical events that gave birth to it,\u201d Akbaruddin said. \u201cThe Council\u2019s \u2018path dependency\u2019 is reflected in its aversion to reform its membership and work methods,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
India along with Brazil, Germany and Japan — which constitutes the G-4 grouping has been seeking a permanent seat on the Security Council to make the powerful UN body more representative and reflective of the changing global order.<\/p>\n
Akbaruddin also voiced concern that the Council has failed to provide leadership on issues which are contested in spaces which no state controls, but all rely for their security and prosperity the global commons. \u201cThe domains of maritime, outer space and cyberspace are the principal channels of flow of goods, capital, data, people and ideas all of which are key factors in our interconnectedness. They all cry for multilateral solutions. The Council, alas, is missing in action.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, a patchwork of \u2018plurilaterals\u2019, minilaterals\u2019 and other regional fora are becoming the venues of convenience, sewing together codes of conduct, ad hoc coalitions of the willing and partnership agreements on issues of global peace and security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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