Posted on: Published Date – 10:15 AM, Fri – 11/18/22
Pratik Mathur, Counselor, Indian Mission to the United Nations. As we met today to discuss reform of the UN Security Council, the Pakistani representative again made baseless references to Jammu and Kashmir.
New York: India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for provoking the Kashmir issue during a United Nations debate, saying it was “desperately trying to spread lies”. “When we met today to discuss reform of the UN Security Council, the Pakistani representative once again made baseless references to Jammu and Kashmir. No matter what the Pakistani representative believes, Jammu and Kashmir remains an inalienable part of India,” India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations said. Latik Mathur is entitled to respond during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) UN Security Council meeting.
“Pakistan’s desperate attempt to peddle lies and its bad habit of abusing the sanctity of multilateral forums deserves collective contempt and perhaps sympathy,” he added.
India had aptly responded to Pakistan’s false claims at a key meeting of the UN General Assembly on the UN Security Council.
Earlier, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ruchila Kamboji, delivered a G4 statement on equitable representation in the UN Security Council at the UN General Assembly.
“Today, I delivered a G4 statement at the UN General Assembly on equitable representation in the UN Security Council. The longer reform stalls, the bigger the representation deficit is, an inevitable prerequisite for the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Security Council,” Kamboj tweeted on Thursday. tweet said.
Speaking on behalf of the G4 nations – Brazil, Germany, Japan and India – she said: “The longer Security Council reform stalls, the bigger its representation deficit will be. Representation is an inevitable prerequisite for its legitimacy and effectiveness.” The representative emphasized that now is the time for the Security Council to fulfill its charter responsibility to act on behalf of all Member States.
“This goal cannot be achieved without increasing membership in both categories. Only then can the Council effectively manage today’s global conflicts and the increasingly complex and interconnected global challenges it faces today,” she added.
