Give up control over PoK

India rebukes Pakistan again in UN over Kashmir

Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador

New York (USA) – India on Tuesday hit back at Pakistan for once again bringing up the Jammu and Kashmir issue during a United Nations debate on peacekeeping reforms and asked the neighbouring country to vacate parts of the region it has “occupied illegally”.

Addressing the UN Security Council, India’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, dismissed Pakistan’s repeated reference to Jammu and Kashmir as ‘unwarranted’ and firmly reiterated that the region “was, is, and will always remain an integral part of India”.

“India is compelled to note that the delegate of Pakistan has yet again resorted to unwarranted remarks on the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Such repeated references neither validate their illegal claims nor justify their state-sponsored cross-border terrorism,” Harish said.

“Pakistan continues to illegally occupy the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which it must vacate. We would advise Pakistan not to try to divert the attention of this forum to drive their parochial and divisive agenda. India will refrain from exercising a more elaborate Right of Reply,” he said.

Peace cannot be built without women

On the role of women peacekeepers, Harish said that peace cannot be built without women. This is no longer a question if women build peace or not. Instead, the question is whether peace can be built without women.