Overview

• India’s UN envoy Parvathaneni Harish called Pakistan’s intervention a “delusional tirade,” accusing it of “bombing its own people” and conducting “systematic genocide.”
• Responding to Pakistan’s Saima Saleem, Harish cited the 1971 Operation Searchlight and alleged a campaign of genocidal mass rape of 400,000 women by Pakistan’s army.
• Saleem said Kashmiri women have endured sexual violence used as a weapon of war for decades and referenced documentation by UN human rights mechanisms and NGOs.
• Harish defended India’s Women, Peace and Security record, highlighting the UN’s first all‑female Formed Police Unit deployed by India in Liberia and training initiatives in New Delhi.
• The exchange unfolded during a UN Security Council open debate marking 25 years of Resolution 1325 and reflected the recurring India‑Pakistan sparring at UN forums.