Pakistan's Attempts To 'Internationalise' Kashmir Row May Cut No Ice With Un Rights Body As India Readies Rebuttal

India’s concerted campaign has made it hard for Pakistan to get a simple majority for an urgent debate or resolution, sources aware of the development. Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who has been tasked with making a case against India on Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday, will be speaking a little before noon in Geneva. But not only is India ready with a strong rebuttal, but sources also say that the high-level official team headed by Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Vijay Thakur Singh, has managed to ward off other attempts such as Pakistan seeking a resolution or an urgent debate on the issue.

A source told News 18 that “India’s concerted campaign has made it hard for Pakistan to get a simple majority for an urgent debate or resolution”. The Council has 47 members and both India and Pakistan figure in the list currently under the Asia Pacific Group. While India is a member till 2021, Pakistan’s current membership will expire in 2020.