Overview

• Pakistan aimed to chair four key UNSC sanctions panels but secured only the 1988 Taliban committee.
• It was also granted a vice-chair role on the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee, a largely ceremonial post.
• Council members resisted Pakistan’s sweeping demands and stalled the posts for five months, reflecting concerns over its counter-terror performance.
• For the first time, the Security Council’s Informal Working Group on Sanctions will have two co-chairs to check Pakistan’s influence.
• India is coordinating with Russia and Guyana, both vice-chairs of the Taliban committee, to blunt any misuse of Pakistan’s limited mandate.