*NEW YORK – Pakistan shames India in the United Nations over occupiedKashmir and running away from dialogues. *
*Pakistan said at the United Nations that it seeks a negotiated settlementof all issues including the Kashmir dispute, but India refuses to evenengage in any dialogue.*
Speaking in the General Assembly in the debate on the report of theSecretary General on the work of the organisation, Pakistan’s Ambassador tothe UN, Maleeha Lodhi urged the international community to take concreteand meaningful action to alleviate the suffering of the Kashmiri people.
The UN, she asserted, has longstanding obligations on Jammu and Kashmir asit remains among the oldest issues on the agenda of the Security Council.
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Welcoming the establishment of the Secretary General’s High-Level AdvisoryBoard on Mediation, Ms Lodhi reminded that the Kashmir dispute was one ofthe earliest applications of Chapter VI of the UN which deals with pacificsettlements of disputes.
Lodhi also referred to the June 14 report of the UN High Commissioner forHuman Rights, which she said documented in detail the systematic violationsof fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people.