When then Pak FM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took Kashmir at Security Council| Master Stroke
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16 Aug 2019 10:10 PM (IST)
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Since the Security Council has the leading responsibility for “maintenance of international peace and security,” whenever an issue is entered on its current agenda, it has to qualify as a threat to international peace.
The last time UNSC debated an “India-Pakistan” question was in December 1971, triggered by India’s declaration of war and invasion of what was then East Pakistan.
The Security Council president had taken up the issue based on a report of then Secretary General U Thant and missives from Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Somalia, Tunisia, the UK and the US.
The last time UNSC debated an “India-Pakistan” question was in December 1971, triggered by India’s declaration of war and invasion of what was then East Pakistan.
The Security Council president had taken up the issue based on a report of then Secretary General U Thant and missives from Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Somalia, Tunisia, the UK and the US.