Countries are monitored by UN even after FATF delisting: UN official on Pakistan
New Delhi, October 29: Svetlana Martynova, Senior Legal Officer at the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) stated on Saturday that all countries are continuously monitored by UN bodies to ensure their compliance with the security council resolution, including on counter-terrorism.
In response to a question about how the UN ensures compliance with counter-terrorism resolutions in countries such as Pakistan, she stated, "Each country is monitored by us for its compliance with UNSC resolutions on all topics, including countering the financing of terrorism, assessment and its compliance on our side continue."
"It takes the form of country visits, desk reviews, etc. We have dedicated desk officers that cover each country of the world. The monitoring and analysis are continuous."
Martynova stated that CTED collaborates closely with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and that even after a country is delisted, "they are still monitored through regional FATF-style bodies."
This decision follows Pakistan's removal from the FATF's "grey list." Despite the fact that Islamabad was able to remove itself from the list, the global watchdog stated that Pakistan would continue to collaborate with the Asia/Pacific Group on money laundering to improve its counter-terrorism financing system.
The United Nations Security Council's two-day anti-terrorism meeting is being held in India (UNSC). The current meeting in Delhi is being held under the aegis of India's chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).
Speaking alongside Martynova, David Scharia, Chief of Branch, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), stated that the focus of today's UN Security Council meeting in New Delhi is global because the issue of technology is global.
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"There may be a concern in Pakistan, there can be a concern in Nigeria and there can be a concern anywhere in the world. But we are trying to come up with a global solution," he added.
The head of the UN's counterterrorism body stated that the UNSC under Indian chairmanship takes issue with new and emerging tech as a point of main concern and focus of attention as the meeting's most significant takeaway.
"It is likely to adopt at the end of the meeting, what will become the Delhi Declaration. If you read through, you'll see action plan of how UNSC CTC intends to take up commitments it takes upon itself in the next few months, what it'll ask CTED and other entities in UN to do," he said.
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-PTC News with ANI inputs
