Bid to deflect attention: India calls out Pak's ‘nefarious agenda' at UN meet

India Today

26-06-2025

India on Thursday issued a scathing rebuttal to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), accusing it of exploiting UN platforms with politically motivated statements while turning a blind eye to grave human rights abuses and atrocities committed against children in its own territory.Speaking during the annual open debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, called out Pakistan as 'one of the grave violators of the CAAC agenda', and rejected what he described as unwarranted attempts by Islamabad to smear India and derail UN processes.advertisement'I am constrained to respond to the politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of Pakistan, one of the grave violators of the CAAC agenda. Pakistan is casting unwarranted aspersions over UN processes and also smearing India at various discussions to pursue their nefarious agenda,' Harish said.
He added that Pakistan's efforts to shift focus were aimed at distracting from its own record of atrocities against children, as documented in the Secretary-General's recent report.'We reject this attempt by Pakistan to deflect attention from the atrocities committed against children in their country, as highlighted in the Secretary-General's report, as well as their rampant cross-border terrorism,' Harish added.In a broader message during the debate, Ambassador Harish stressed the global deterioration in the protection of children amid rising conflict and terrorism. He also called for strengthening national and local systems to ensure children's well-being, especially in conflict zones.advertisementAmbassador Harish underscored Pakistan's direct involvement in terrorist activities targeting children and civilians in India. He referred to the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam attack, in which 26 tourists were killed by Pakistan-trained terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.'The world has not forgotten the savage targeted attacks by Pakistan and Pakistan-trained terrorists killing 26 tourists in India in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025,' Harish said.#WATCH | The statement of Permanent Representative of India to the UN at New York, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, at the annual UN Security Council open debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC)"Our world is witnessing an alarming escalation in conflicts and terrorist pic.twitter.com/vo9gD0HnuL— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2025He further noted that the UN Secretary-General had raised serious concerns over the increasing number of grave violations, including attacks on schools, especially girls' schools—, nd on health workers. He added that incidents near the Afghanistan border, where Pakistani cross-border shelling and airstrikes killed or injured Afghan children, were particularly disturbing.'The Pakistani army also deliberately shelled our border villages in May 2025, killing and injuring a number of civilians. To preach at this body after such behaviour is grossly hypocritical,' he concluded.- EndsTune InMust Watch
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