*NEW YORK – The UN Security Council will be meeting today (Friday) for aconsultation on Pakistan and India’s Kashmir issues.*
The consultation is being held at China’s request. It will be closed door,which means the proceedings will be secret and won’t be accessible toreporters.
According to diplomatic sources, the consultations on Wednesday were onSyria and Central Africa, but China brought up the Pakistani request madein a letter to the Council. Pakistan wrote a letter to the council on thehuman rights violations in Indian-Administered Kashmir and its repeal ofKashmir’s special autonomous state.
During the consultation, only the five permanent members (China, France,Russia, the UK and the US) and the 10 non-permanent members (Belgium, Côted’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia,Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa) will attend. This means that neitherPakistan nor India will be there.
The last time there was a full Security Council meeting on the Himalayanregion was in 1965.