Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram absurdly brought up the Kashmir issue during the UNSC meeting held to discuss the Middle East situation. However, the Indian representative preferred not to give any direct reply by saying he would not dignify Pakistan with a response.
According to Kamboj, the UN Security Council will continue to face "a crisis of credibility" unless it undertakes comprehensive reforms and steps in the direction of reformed multilateralism. She said that India's conviction of UN reform is backed by several countries of the Global South.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country has, for many years, been committed to the reform and expansion of UNSC, first and foremost to include the countries of the global south.
The Security Council on Friday evening failed to adopt a resolution that would have deplored Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine after Moscow used its veto.
India retained the option of reaching out to all relevant parties to find a middle ground and foster dialogue and diplomacy to defuse the crisis.
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, while India, China, and UAE abstained from the vote.
The Ambassador also emphasised that over the last two decades, India has contributed significantly to the development of Afghanistan.
India hit back at Pakistan in the UN Security Council after Islamabad raised the Kashmir issue at the 15-nation Council.
India has been at the forefront in fighting against the pandemic, through national efforts, multilateral and plurilateral cooperation.
It is time for the international community, in particular, the Security Council, to act and ensure an immediate cessation of violence and contain any possible crisis and mitigate its consequences, said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti.
In a statement, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said the UN platform was used to propagate a false narrative against Pakistan, while denying it the opportunity to present its point of view.
As the closed-door meeting on Kashmir issue concluded at the UN Security Council, India’s Ambassador to UN Syed Akbaruddin maintained that matters related to Article 370 are internal.
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