China delays bid US and India to sanction Pakan militant at UN

China delayed on Wednesday a proposal the United States and India to sanction at the UN Security Council a top commander in the Pakan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group, diplomats said.
India and the United States wanted Abdul Rauf Azhar to be subjected to a global travel ban and asset freeze. Such a move has to be agreed all 15 members of a Security Council sanctions committee.
“We placed a hold because we need more time to study the case. Placing holds is provided for the Committee guidelines, and there have been quite a number of similar holds Committee members on ling requests,” a spokesperson for China’s mission to the United Nations told Reuters.
The US Treasury designated Azhar in 2010, accusing him of urging Pakanis to engage in militant activities and organise suicide attacks in India.
The United States respects other countries’ need to verify that a sanctions proposal meets their “domestic evidentiary threshold to justify a ling at the UN,” a spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations said on Wednesday.
“The United States values cooperation with our Security Council partners to effectively use this tool in an apolitical way to stop terrors from exploiting the global order to do their misdeeds,” the spokesperson said.