United Nations, August 17, 2019 (PPI-OT): United Nations Security Council held a consultative meeting in New York to discuss Pakistan’s request for debate on India’s act to abolish special status of occupied Kashmir. The closed door meeting was held under “Pakistan-India” agenda item to decide how to proceed further on the issue.
The UN political department briefed the Security Council on situation in occupied Kashmir. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had written a letter to President of UN Security Council, seeking a meeting of the highest World Body after India abolished the special status of occupied Kashmir. Subsequently, China supported Pakistan’s request for holding the meeting.
This is for the first time in fifty years that the UN Security Council held an exclusive meeting on Kashmir. Besides five permanent members, including the US, China, Britain, France and Russia; the Security Council also has ten non-permanent members, which are elected by the General Assembly for a period of two years. The present non-permanent members of the Security Council are Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa.
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