UNSC extends mission of Sanctions Monitoring Team against Taliban administration in Afghanistan for another year

• United Nations Security Council has extended the mission of the Sanctions Monitoring Team against the Taliban administration for another year. The UNSC members approved Resolution 2716, requesting the Sanctions Monitoring Team to support the committee established by Resolution 1988.
• The US Ambassador to the UN considered the continuation of sanctions against the Taliban as support for peace and security in Afghanistan. The activities of terrorist groups, discrimination against women, and the lack of an inclusive government have prevented the Security Council from reconsidering its sanctions on the Taliban.
• However, despite their opposition to the sanctions against the Taliban, China and Russia did not call for a review of the sanctions on the group. Moscow and Beijing did not veto the continuation of the monitoring team's work.

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Published date : 19 Dec 2023 03:17PM