Washington: Responsible member-states of the Security Council may be forced to pursue other actions if China continues to block moves to designate Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, diplomats at the UN's principal organ have warned.

They spoke on condition of anonymity to give a sense of the feeling of the other members of the Security Council after China on Wednesday put a technical hold on the proposal to designate Azhar as a global terrorist.