India flags vested interests in UNSC anti-terror panels

INDIA has flagged United Nations Security Council member with “vested interests” chairing subsidiary bodies, in an oblique reference to Pakistan co-chairing the counter-terrorism panel, citing conflicts of interest, in an oblique reference to Pakistan.

- JAYANTH JACOB @New Delhi

At a Council debate on working methods, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, P Harish called for greater transparency and objectivity in the selection of chairs for UNSC subsidiary bodies and “pen-holderships”.“Selection of Chairs of subsidiary bodies and pen-holderships needs to be carried out in a more transparent, objective and time bound manner.