EAM: UN unable to act against 26/11 plotters

The UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) special meeting on Friday saw India renewing its push to bring the 26/11 perpetrators to justice. Foreign minister S Jaishankar said the key conspirators remain "protected and unpunished" and the security council was unable to act against some of them on political considerations.

- Sachin.Parashar timesgroup.com

The two-day CTC meeting started in Mumbai with all UNSC member-states participating in a wreath ceremony at the 26/11 memorial in Taj hotel, a key Mumbai attacks target.

Jaishankar laid out five points for blocking financial resources that let terror thrive including ensuring effective transparent functioning of UNSC sanctions and making sure these aren't rendered in effective for political reasons.

Ensure transparent sanctions sans political influence: EAM

New Delhi: Foreign minister S Jaishankar's assertion at the UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee special meeting in Mumbai that the security council had failed to act against key 26/11 plotters due to political considerations comes in the context of China's repeated forestalling of UN sanctions on Pakistan based terrorists.

While highlighting in a presentation Pakistan's links with the attacks that left more than 170 dead, Indian authorities played the recording of one of these terrorists, Sajid Mir, directing the 26/ 11 perpetrators as they wreaked havoc on the city. China blocked a proposal for a UN ban on LeT commander Mir last month.