India has emphatically supported its recent Operation Sindoor, quoting a United Nations Security Council statement that demanded accountability of the masterminds behind the Pahalgam terror attack. New Delhi underlined that those supporting cross-border terrorism have to incur "serious cost."
Addressing the UN on Tuesday, India's Permanent Representative, P. Harish, clarified that the operation was initiated in line with the Security Council's unanimous statement of April 25. The statement had asserted "the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors" of the Pahalgam attack accountable.
Harish characterized Operation Sindoor—against terror networks within Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)—as "focused, measured, and non-escalatory in nature.
He also warned the international community that terrorism is redrawing the contours of contemporary conflicts.
"The character of conflicts has changed, with an explosion of non-state players, frequently supported as surrogates by state players; and cross-border financing, arms smuggling, terrorist training, and dissemination of violent ideologies, enabled by contemporary digital and communication technologies", Harish said.
Earlier, in an open debate presided over by Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the Kashmir question was raised alongside India's move to suspend the Indus Water Treaty.
Pursuing the presidency of the Security Council for the month, Pakistan opened the session under the title "Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes," which India interpreted as a veiled attempt to internationalize the Kashmir question—an attempt that it is strongly opposed to.
Multilateralism is not yet a disappearing concept for us," Dar averred.
"Pakistan still remains a strong believer in the potential and strength of multilateralism," Dar said.
He also charged the Council with not implementing its Kashmir resolutions and alleged that "selective implementation of Council resolutions, double standards, and politicisation of humanitarian principles undermined its effectiveness and credibility.
Nevertheless, Dar's mention of the 1948 Resolution 47 was rebuffed by the historic fact that it initially calls for Pakistan to evacuate the region of its military forces and civilians and cease supporting insurgents.
Islamabad, through its ongoing occupation and support for militancy, makes its own dependency on the resolution null. At the same time, the population of Kashmir in Indian-held territories has reiterated their democratic participation through elections.
Dar also indicated that the Chapter VI dispute settlement facilities "are still underused or applied selectively."
Harish responded by pointing out that Chapter VI precisely starts off by reiterated the obligation of the parties concerned to seek peaceful options on their own:
Chapter VI "starts by a realization that it is the 'parties to a dispute' who are first of all to try to find a solution by peaceful means of their choice," he argued.
He underlined that "national ownership and consent of parties are key to any attempts to obtain peaceful settlement of disputes."
Harish also took the moment to call for immediate reform of the Security Council, referencing increased doubt regarding the wider multilateral system.
"Serious question marks about the representativeness of the UN Security Council need to be cleared urgently," he stated.
Referring to India's campaign for greater inclusion in international institutions, he added, "India is glad to have brought African Union into the G-20 platform during its presidency."
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