Overview

• India’s UN envoy Parvathaneni Harish dismissed Pakistan’s intervention as a “delusional tirade,” reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir is Indian territory.
• Pakistan’s Counsellor Saima Saleem told the Council that Kashmiri women have endured sexual violence used as a weapon of war for decades and sought their inclusion in Women, Peace and Security reports.
• Harish invoked Pakistan’s 1971 Operation Searchlight, asserting the army sanctioned genocidal mass rape of 400,000 women, and argued the international community sees through Islamabad’s narrative.
• India characterized Pakistan as a country that “bombs its own people,” a remark linked by Indian officials to a recent Pakistani airstrike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported to have killed more than 30 people.
• During the debate, India also highlighted its record on the Women, Peace and Security agenda, citing longstanding contributions to UN peacekeeping and early deployment of women personnel.