Geneva : India delivered a strong diplomatic intervention at a UN Security Council (UNSC) Arria-formula meeting on “Bridging the implementation gap: UNSC resolutions and Maintenance of International Peace and Security,” asserting a clear distinction between Chapters VI and VII of the UN Charter while sharply criticising Pakistan for politicising the forum.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, underlined that Chapter VII interventions are designed to address specific prevailing security realities and lose relevance if not implemented in their context.
He noted that failure to act on such resolutions could have immediate consequences and further deteriorate peace and security.
At the same time, he stressed that Chapter VI operates differently, offering a broad set of peaceful mechanisms such as negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation and arbitration.
He added that such approaches must consider any existing bilateral processes between concerned parties and should be reviewed in line with changing circumstances, rather than being treated as permanently fixed obligations.
During the meeting, India also strongly objected to remarks made by Pakistan, accusing it of politicising the Arria-formula discussion despite being a co-chair. Harish said it was “incredible” that a co-chair expected to remain balanced had chosen to introduce politically charged references.
Reiterating India’s position, he asserted that the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir “has always been, is, and will remain” an internal matter of India. Following the session, Harish shared details of India’s intervention on social media, reiterating criticism of Pakistan’s conduct at the meeting.
Reacting separately, India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected recent remarks by Pakistani leadership, calling them attempts to divert attention from internal issues and human rights concerns.
The MEA also linked the situation in Pakistan-occupied areas to what it described as long-standing administrative and economic neglect. The diplomatic exchange comes amid heightened rhetoric between India and Pakistan, with New Delhi maintaining that external references to Jammu and Kashmir at international forums are unwarranted and unacceptable.
