UN designates Abdul Rehman Makki a ‘global terrorist’

United Nations: Lashkar-e-Taiba’s deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki was involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalising youth to violence and planning attacks in India, the UN Security Council’s sanctions committee has said as it designated him as a global terrorist.
The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee added 68-year-old Makki to its list of designated terrorists on Monday, subjecting him to an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
The Sanctions Committee provided a narrative summary of reasons for Makki’s listing in which it said Makki and other Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-Ud-Dawa operatives “have been involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalising youth to violence and planning attacks in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).”
In June last year, China put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
China, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, has repeatedly placed holds and blocks on bids by India and its allies to list Pakistan-based terrorists.
Makki was finally designated as a global terrorist by the UNSC sanctions committee after the hold was lifted by China.
Former Indian diplomats hailed Makki’s listing as a huge success for the country’s diplomacy.
Responding to the development, India’s former Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said that Makki’s listing is a “huge success” for Indian diplomacy.
“First terrorist listing proposal by India in the Security Council to be approved and, further, expressly mentioning terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir emanating from Pakistan. India’s presence in the Council and as Chair of the Counter-terrorism Committee has considerably enhanced the focus on terrorism, including cross-border terrorism,” Tirumurti said.