New Delhi: India has slammed Pakistan for its “baseless and deceitful narratives,” after Islamabad’s envoy Munir Akram made references to Kashmir in his speech on the UN Normal Meeting.
Whereas delivering a press release on the UNGA debate on the annual report, Pratik Mathur, the Minister at India’s Everlasting Mission to the United Nations, mentioned that one delegation “misused” this discussion board to unfold “deceitful and baseless” narratives.
Mathur mentioned, “Earlier within the day, one delegation misused this discussion board to unfold baseless and deceitful narratives, which isn’t a shock. I cannot dignify these remarks with any response simply to save lots of helpful time of this august physique.”
His remarks got here after Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN in the course of the debate on the UN Normal Meeting known as for monitoring the implementation of resolutions, together with these on Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan repeatedly brings up the Jammu and Kashmir difficulty at UN platforms and different some worldwide boards, regardless of the agenda of the conferences.
India has repeatedly rejected Pakistan’s makes an attempt to boost the Kashmir difficulty on worldwide platforms, asserting that the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir in addition to Ladakh are “integral components of India” and Pakistan has no “locus standi” to make statements concerning India’s home issues.
Throughout the UNGA debate, Pratik Mathur on Tuesday harassed the necessity for a complete reform of the Safety Council with growth of each everlasting and non-permanent members.
“We welcome the chance to take part within the debate on the Report of the Safety Council. We thank the members of the Safety Council and the Secretariat for producing the annual report of the Safety Council.,” Mathur mentioned.
“India additionally joins others in congratulating new incoming members for having been elected to the Council for the interval 2025-2026. We look ahead to working with them in a constructive and optimistic method,” he added.
The Indian diplomat identified that the UN Constitution bestows on the report a profound seriousness, as is obvious from the truth that there exists a separate provision mandating such a report, slightly than clubbing it with the supply for reviews from different UN our bodies.
“The annual report of the Safety Council should inform, spotlight and analyse the measures that it has determined upon or taken to keep up worldwide peace and safety in the course of the reporting interval,” the Indian diplomat mentioned.
“Nonetheless, the talk on the annual report has grow to be a ritual with out a lot substance. The annual reviews have grow to be compendium containing particulars of the conferences, briefers, and consequence paperwork. Final 12 months, solely six month-to-month reviews have been compiled-reflecting lack of curiosity among the many members about this ritual.,” he additional mentioned.
Mathur additionally said that the annual report can also be meant to be an evaluation on the UN peacekeeping operations, however in actuality there may be little data on how peacekeeping operations.He additionally mentioned there must be a particular timeline for finishing the report, circulating to wider Normal Meeting members and holding the talk.
“The annual report, in its truest type, can also be meant to be an evaluation on the UN peacekeeping operations, the flagship software for the upkeep of worldwide peace and safety. Nonetheless, in actuality, we discover there may be little data on how peacekeeping operations are run, on the issues they face, on why sure mandates are set or modified, or on when and why they’re strengthened, scaled down or ended. As most peacekeepers are contributed by non-Council members, who put the lives of their troops in danger to serve the reason for worldwide peace, a greater partnership between the Safety Council and the Troop Contributing Nations (TCCs) is required,” Mathur mentioned
Mathur harassed the necessity to convey the Council according to its Constitution duty to behave on behalf of your entire membership, including that the one treatment is a “complete reform of the Safety Council,” involving growth in its everlasting and non-permanent classes.
“It’s excessive time to convey the Council according to its Constitution duty to behave on behalf of your entire Membership. This won’t be achieved with out enhancing the membership in each the classes — everlasting and non-permanent members,” Mathur mentioned.
“We stay satisfied that the one treatment is a complete reform of the Safety Council, involving growth in its everlasting and non-permanent classes. Solely this may allow the Council to handle successfully in the present day’s conflicts across the globe in addition to the more and more complicated and interconnected international challenges it faces in the present day,” he added.
He additional added that the Safety Council too must show its credibility and enhance its efficiency, at a time when efficiency evaluation has grow to be one of many focus areas on the United Nations.
