Overview
- Delivering India’s statement on child rights at the UN General Assembly, Nishikant Dubey labeled Pakistan one of the most serious violators of the Children and Armed Conflict agenda.
- He cited the UN Secretary-General’s 2025 CAAC report to highlight alleged attacks linked to Pakistan on schools and health workers and cross-border shelling and airstrikes that killed and maimed Afghan children.
- Referencing the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack, he said Pakistan-trained terrorists killed 26 civilians and used the incident to frame India’s response.
- Dubey said India conducted Operation Sindoor in May 2025, carrying out surgical strikes on nine terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir as a measured counter-terror action.
- He accused Pakistan of targeting Indian border villages in May, causing civilian deaths, urged Islamabad to “look in the mirror,” and noted UN recognition of India’s child-protection programs such as Child Helpline 1098.