UN blacklists Pakistan Taliban terror group’s leader Noor Wali Mehsud

United Nations has designated the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group’s leader Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist for participating in the financing, planning and perpetrating acts on behalf of and in support of entities associated with al-Qaida.

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The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIL and al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added Mehsud, 42, to the ISIL (Da’esh) and al-Qaida Sanctions List, subjecting the Pakistani national to an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

Blacklisting by the Security Council entails that all states are required to freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities.

They are also required to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by the designated individuals and prevent the transfer from their territories of arms and all materials related to designated individuals and entities.

ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee

It was initially established in 1999, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1267.

The Committee comprises all 15 members of the Security Council and makes its decision by consensus. It oversees the sanctions measures imposed by the Security Council.

It is one of three Security Council committees dealing with counter-terrorism. The other two committees are

The Counter-Terrorism Committee established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001), and

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004).