New York [US], April 27 (ANI): India has slammed Pakistan after its envoy on the UN raised the Kashmir situation and stated no quantity of misinformation, rhetoric and propaganda from any nation can deny the truth that the union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh “were, are and will always remain” an integral and inalienable a part of India. Speaking on the UN General Assembly plenary on `Use of the veto` on Wednesday, Pratik Mathur, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, additionally spoke on the adoption of the `veto initiative` by the Assembly stated India`s place has been constant and clear.
“The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were, are and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. No amount of misinformation, rhetoric and propaganda from any country can deny this fact,” Mathur stated.
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Pakistan seeks to rake up the Jammu and Kashmir situation at UN platforms and different some worldwide fora no matter the agenda of the conferences even because the Simla settlement binds Pakistan to resolve all excellent points bilaterally.
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Pakistan`s Permanent Representative on the UN Munir Akram referred to Jammu and Kashmir in his remarks on the UNGA assembly. Mathur famous {that a} 12 months has handed because the adoption of the `veto initiative` by the UNGA. “India`s position on veto has been consistent and clear,” he stated.
“As we all are aware, UNGA had unanimously agreed vide decision 62/557 in 2008 that all five aspects of UNSC reform, including on the question of veto would be decided in a comprehensive manner and therefore no single cluster could be addressed in isolation. The veto resolution, though adopted by consensus, unfortunately, reflected a piecemeal approach to UNSC reform, thereby highlighting one aspect, ignoring root cause of the problem,” he stated.
Mathur made observations relating to the substantive facet of the train of veto within the Security Council. “All five permanent Members have used the veto over the last 75 years to achieve their respective political ends,” he stated and cited remarks from African international locations who’ve acknowledged that “the veto as a matter of principle should be abolished, however, as a matter of common justice, it should be extended to new permanent members so long as it continues to exist.”
“The privilege of using the veto has been vested to only five member states. As rightly called out by our African brothers, it goes against the concept of sovereign equality of states and only perpetuates the mindset of the Second World War, to the victor belongs the spoils,” Mathur stated.
He stated both all nations are handled equally within the context of voting rights or else the brand new everlasting members should even be given the veto.
“Extension of veto to new members, in our view, will have no adverse impact on the effectiveness of an enlarged Council. Moreover, the exercise of veto is driven by political considerations, not by moral obligations. As long as it exists, the member state or member states, who can exercise the veto, will do so, irrespective of the moral pressure, as we have seen in the recent past,” Mathur stated.
“Therefore, we need to address all five aspects of UNSC reform, including the question of veto, in a comprehensive manner, through clearly defined timelines, in the IGN process. India is committed to support any initiative that genuinely furthers the objective of achieving meaningful and comprehensive reform of the key elements of the global multilateral architecture,” he added.
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