Overview
- Eldos Mathew Punnoose of India’s UN mission delivered the response during the General Assembly debate on the Secretary-General’s report.
- He called Pakistan’s mention of Jammu and Kashmir unwarranted and reaffirmed the region as an integral and inalienable part of India.
- Invoking the UN Charter, he argued the right to self-determination must not be used to justify secession in democratic, plural societies.
- He accused Pakistan of spreading baseless allegations and presenting a picture detached from reality at UN forums.
- He also questioned the UN’s effectiveness on core mandates and urged concrete action on Global South priorities, including development financing and climate justice.