Veto to blame for non-resolution of Kashmir issue: Pakistan

March 11, 2016 13:53

Raking up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations, Pakistan has said use of the veto in Security Council prevented solving the "longstanding dispute" and "hindered" implementation of UN resolutions on the matter.

Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, speaking in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Security Council reform on March 9, said "the use of the veto in the Security Council prevented a resolution of the longstanding dispute of Kashmir and hindered implementation of UN Resolutions on the issue".

Her remarks were made available in a press release issued by the Pakistan mission to the UN. According to UN records, Russia - a permanent member of the Security Council -- had in 1962 vetoed an Irish resolution that had urged India and Pakistan to enter negotiations for settlement of the Kashmir dispute.

Lodhi reiterated Pakistan's position on the veto, saying that it was opposed to adding new permanent members to the Council with or without a veto.

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