{"id":2007,"date":"2018-09-28T01:11:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T01:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2018-09-28T01:11:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T01:11:13","slug":"india-and-pakistan-engage-in-war-of-words-at-un-over-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2018\/09\/28\/india-and-pakistan-engage-in-war-of-words-at-un-over-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"India and Pakistan Engage in War of Words at UN Over Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diplomats from\u00a0India<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pakistan<\/a>\u00a0aired their differences over the disputed region of\u00a0Kashmir<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0UN<\/a>\u00a0this week, in what was supposed to be a general session on the merits of mediation at the organisation\u2019s headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres opened the Security Council debate by saying that mediating peace had become \u201cincreasingly complex\u201d in the modern world – and so it proved, as bitter rivals India and Pakistan used the session to trade barbs.<\/p>\n

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Nestled in the Himalayas, the broader region of Kashmir is split by the line of control between India and Pakistan, with both countries claiming it in full. The pair have fought two wars over the Muslim-majority region since the partition of India in 1947, and it remains among the most highly-militarised zones in the world.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, used Wednesday\u2019s debate to push for India to accept a\u00a0UN Security Council<\/a>\u00a0resolution suggesting Kashmir\u2019s fate be decided by a UN-administered referendum on sovereignty.<\/p>\n

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Ms Lodhi said UN mediation in peace disputes was doomed to fail \u201cif the Security Council\u2019s own resolutions are held in abeyance, by some\u201d – a not-so-subtle reference to India.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the Council\u2019s credibility as well as the objective of durable peace in our region is at stake,\u201d Ms Lodhi said, adding: \u201cWe must not fail these tests.\u201d<\/p>\n