India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, has accused Pakistan of conducting “systematic genocide,” while condemning the neighboring country for its actions at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Speaking during the Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security on Tuesday, Ambassador Harish criticized Pakistan, calling it “a country that bombs its own people.” He accused Pakistan of attempting to distract the international community with “misdirection and hyperbole,” particularly regarding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Our pioneering record on the Women, Peace and Security agenda is unblemished and unscathed,” Harish stated. He further slammed Pakistan for its “delusional tirade” against India, especially concerning Jammu and Kashmir, which he reaffirmed as Indian territory.
The Indian envoy’s remarks came shortly after a Pakistani official at the UNSC alleged that Kashmiri women have endured sexual violence for decades. Responding to these claims, Harish highlighted Pakistan’s history of human rights violations, recalling Operation Searchlight in 1971, during which the Pakistani army reportedly sanctioned a campaign of genocidal mass rape affecting 400,000 women.
“The world sees through Pakistan’s propaganda,” he added, emphasizing India’s stance against the misinformation being spread.
The comments from India followed statements by Counsellor Saima Saleem of Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, who accused occupying forces of deploying sexual violence as a weapon of war against Kashmiri women over several decades.
India has also recently condemned Pakistan as a country with “one of the world’s worst human rights records.” New Delhi continues to assert firmly that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is, and shall forever remain” an integral part of India.
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