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UNSC adopts last-minute counterterrorism resolution as Indonesia concludes membership
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Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi talks among batik-wearing delegates at a UNSC meeting on May 7, 2019. (Foreign Ministry/File)
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n the final moments of its nonpermanent membership at the United Nations Security Council, Indonesia has managed to squeeze in the adoption of a resolution on counterterrorism that seeks to improve the executive body’s sanction mechanisms.
At the last Security Council session of the year on Tuesday, the 15 member countries endorsed by consensus a resolution on ways to improve the working methods of the UNSC 1267 resolution sanctions committee. The committee is a subsidiary of the Security Council that is responsible for establishing and overseeing sanctions against individuals and entities affiliated with the Islamic State group.
“Through the adoption of this resolution, Indonesia will become the first nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council to successfully push for the adoption of a resolution related to the UNSC sanctions committee in the field of counterterrorism," Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said.
The resolution, which was co-drafted by Indonesia and the United States, highlighted the promotion of justice, and the effectiveness of the functions and methods of work of the committee.
Emphasizing the importance of respecting the UN Charter and International Law in countering terrorism, the resolution also commissioned a monitoring team to prepare recommendations that would be used to improve some of the rules and procedures governing the sanctions committee.
The new resolution encourages member states to more actively submit requests to list individuals, groups, undertakings and entities that meet the criteria laid out in another resolution adopted in 2017. This is meant to keep the UN sanctions blacklist of IS and Al-Qaeda affiliations reliable and up to date, according to a statement published on the UN website.
The new resolution also requests that an analytical support and monitoring team to study the exemption procedures set out in the 2017 resolution and make recommendations to the committee within nine months on whether exemptions should be updated.
