Posted on 11/01/2005 8:30:28 PM PST by CarrotAndStick
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is under intense international scrutiny over the Delhi bomb blasts with the U.N Security Council passing a strongly worded statement on Monday asking member states to cooperate with India in brining terrorists to justice.
Although the statement does not mention Pakistan by name, the inference seems clear, since New Delhi has publicly accused Islamabad of not acting against terrorism directed at India. The operative part of the UN Presidential statement reads:
"The Security Council stresses the importance of bringing the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of violence to justice, and urges all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005), to cooperate actively with the Indian authorities in this regard."
The Delhi-specific directive asking member states to "cooperative actively with the Indian authorities in this regard," is a dead giveaway as to who the advice is aimed at.
The statement also rebuffs Pakistan’s repeated attempts to rationalize terrorist attacks on India as actions of freedom fighters by affirming that "terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed."
Although Pakistan’s military leader Pervez Musharraf was quick to condemn the Delhi marketplace attacks as acts of terrorism and offered to cooperate fully in Indian investigations, Indian authorities say his regime has openly sheltered terrorists such as Dawood Ibrahim, Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafeez Saeed, Syed Salahuddin and others who wantonly preach terrorism.
Pakistan can best demonstrate its good intention if it arrests and prosecutes those who preach violence against India and hands over those have committed terrorist acts in India, they say.
New Delhi’s efforts to have terrorists turned over have often resulted in frivolous counter proposals seeking people ‘wanted’ by Pakistan, a gambit Islamabad dare not pursue with the west. Musharraf himself has lied repeatedly that fugitives named by India are not on Pakistani territory despite evidence to the contrary published in the Pakistani media.
The UN statement is expected to put additional pressure on Pakistan to crack down on Islamic radical elements preaching terrorism at a time the country desperately needs international support to overcome the devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the North West Province.
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