India’s response got here on the fifty fifth Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Geneva:

In a befitting reply to Pakistan, India exercised its ‘Right of Reply’ in response to references to New Delhi stating that the nation that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its minorities and has a very abysmal human rights file has no proper to touch upon India.

Exercising the ‘Right of Reply’ on the High-Level Segment of the fifty fifth Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, First Secretary Anupama Singh mentioned that concerning Pakistan’s prolonged mentions of India, it is extremely regrettable that the Council’s discussion board has as soon as once more been abused to propagate flagrantly false accusations about India.

“With regard to the extensive references to India made by Pakistan, we note that it is deeply unfortunate for the Council’s platform to have once again been misused to make patently false allegations against India,” she mentioned.

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“The entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and the constitutional measures taken by the Government of India to ensure socio-economic development and good governance in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are matters internal to India. Pakistan has no locus standi to pronounce on matters that are internal to India,” she added.

Terming Pakistan’s human rights file as “truly abysmal,” the First Secretary mentioned, “A country that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its own minorities and has a truly abysmal human rights record, commenting on India, which is demonstrably making great strides in achieving economic progress and social justice, is not merely ironical but perverse.”

“A glaring example was the large scale brutality perpetrated against the minority Christian community in Jaranwala city, Pakistan in August 2023, when 19 churches were gutted and 89 Christian houses burnt down. Three, a country that hosts and even celebrates UNSC-sanctioned terrorists, commenting on India whose pluralistic ethos and democratic credentials are exemplars for the world, is a contrast for everyone to see,” she mentioned additional.

Ms Singh additionally mentioned that the federal government has did not serve the precise pursuits of its residents, and added that Pakistan sponsors terrorism all over the world.

“We cannot pay any further attention to a country that speaks while being soaked in red the red of the bloodshed from the terrorism it sponsors around the world; the red of its debt-riddled national balance sheets; and the red of the shame its own people feel for their government having failed to serve their actual interests,” she concluded.

The fifty fifth Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council is going down from February 26-April 5.

India had in August final 12 months mentioned that an surroundings freed from terror and hostilities was crucial for regular ties with Pakistan.

Answering queries after the then Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had expressed his willingness to carry talks with India, the Ministry of External Affairs had mentioned that India needs regular ties with all its neighbouring international locations together with Pakistan.

“We desire normal neighbourly relations with all our neighbours, including Pakistan. For this an environment free of terror and hostility is imperative,” a MEA spokesperson had mentioned.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had mentioned in an earlier interview with the information company ANI that Pakistan’s future might be largely decided by its personal actions and decisions and it’s for the neighbouring nation to discover a approach out of its financial troubles.

Pakistan is at present grappling with financial difficulties together with dwindling foreign exchange reserves, excessive inflation and sharp depreciation of its forex.

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