WATCH: India shows Pakistan its place at UNSC, calls it epicentre of terror, rejects claims of…

India slammed Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Leadership for Peace. New Delhi dismissed Islamabad's claims over Jammu and Kashmir's unresolved disputes and called it unwarranted.

New York: India on Monday slammed neighbouring Pakistan by delivering a stinging rebuttal at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on "Leadership for Peace". Rubbishing Pak's claims regarding Jammu and Kashmir's "unresolved disputes", India termed it "unwarranted". India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni stated that J&K and Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India, echoing every Indian's voice that the Union Territory and Ladakh "were, are, and will always remain so." Referring to Islamabad's remarks during the debate, Parvathaneni termed the neighbouring country the "global epicentre of terror". He said that Pakistan was using the UN platform to expand its "obsessive focus on harming India and its people."

What Did India Say At UNSC?

India's Permanent Representative to the UN continued the attacks on Pakistan, stating that the country is pursuing and spreading a divisive agenda. He also undermined its international responsibilities as a non-permanent UNSC member.

"I refer to the statement made by the representative of Pakistan today. India would like to reiterate that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India. They were, are, and will always remain so. Pakistan's unwarranted reference to Jammu & Kashmir in today's open debate attests to its obsessive focus on harming India and its people," the Ambassador said.

"A serving non-permanent Security Council Member that chooses to further this obsession in all meetings and platforms of the UN in pursuit of its divisive agenda cannot be expected to fulfil its designated responsibilities and obligations," he added.

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Indus Waters Treaty

Responding on the Indus Water Treaty, Harish Parvathaneni defended New Delhi's decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, raising Islamabad's history of sponsoring terrorism.

He said that although India signed the Indus Water Treaty 65 years ago in good faith, Pak, showing its decisive nature, has repeatedly violated its spirit by orchestrating thousands of terror attacks.

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Citing the Pahalgam terror attack, which happened in April this year, in which 26 people lost their lives, the Indian envoy said this incident clearly highlighted Pakistan's continued support for terrorism.

"India had entered into the Indus Waters Treaty 65 years ago, in good faith, in a spirit of goodwill and friendship. Throughout these six and a half decades, Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Treaty by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India. In the last four decades, tens of thousands of Indian lives have been lost in Pakistan-sponsored terror attacks, the most recent of which was the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, which involved religion-based targeted killings of 26 innocent civilians by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists. It is in this backdrop that India has finally announced that the Treaty will be held in abeyance until Pakistan, which is a global epicentre of terror, credibly and irrevocably ends its support for cross-border and all other forms of terrorism," the Ambassador said.

India Highlighted Pakistan's Political Situation, Suppression Of Democratic Will At UNSC

Parvathaneni slammed Pakistan's ongoing political situation and highlighted how the country suppresses the democratic will.

"Pakistan, of course, has a unique way of respecting the will of its people - by jailing a Prime Minister, by banning the ruling political party and by letting its armed forces engineer a constitutional coup through the 27th amendment and giving lifetime immunity to its Chief of Defence Forces," Parvathaneni said.

"Let me be clear - India will counter Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in all its forms and manifestations with all its might," he added.