Pak objects to no mention of Kashmir in UN list of disputes
Pakistan has objected to the exclusion of Kashmir from a list of disputes under the observation of the Security Council as mentioned by the UK's top diplomat in an annual debate on UNSC reforms here.
UK holds the presidency of UNSC this month."Jammu and Kashmir dispute was not mentioned in the context of unresolved long-running situations," said Amjad Hussain B Sial, Pakistan's acting envoy to UN, told the General Assembly, where the debate was held.
"We understand this was an inadvertent omission, as Jammu and Kashmir is one of the oldest disputes on agenda of the Security Council," he added.
Pakistan has been asking the UN to intervene to help resolve the issue but India has always maintained that it has to be resolved bilaterally between the two countries.
Speaking earlier at the General Assembly, the UK envoy to the UN, Mark Lyall Grant, said that "some long-running situations, including in the Middle East, Cyprus and Western Sahara remain unresolved, as do issues where the Council has become engaged in recent years, including Nepal and Guinea Bissau."
India welcomes exclusion of J&K from U.N. list
India has welcomed the reported exclusion of Jammu and Kashmir from the list of unresolved international disputes.
“It
has been reported that United Nations has dropped Kashmir from the list
of unresolved disputes. I think, if this step has been taken, I welcome
it,” Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur told reporters
on Monday. “We have always firmly maintained that Jammu and Kashmir is
an integral part of India... this a very welcome step and we hope that
in [the] same way the U.N. addresses our bilateral issues,” he said.
Reports
have quoted Pakistan's Acting envoy to the U.N. Amjad Hussain B Sial,
as stating that the J&K dispute was not mentioned in the context of
unresolved long-running situations. “We understand this was an
inadvertent omission, as Jammu and Kashmir is one of the oldest
disputes on agenda of the Security Council,” he had said.
