On raising the issue of Kashmir in the United Nations Security Council India has given a befitting reply to Pakistan. India said that a country that hosted al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and attacked its neighboring country’s parliament does not have the credentials to “preach” at the United Nations. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the credibility of the United Nations depends on its effective response to the major challenges of our times, be it pandemics, climate change, conflict or terrorism.

at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the theme ‘A New Direction for International Peace and Security and Reformed Multilateralism’ Presiding over the open debate, Jaishankar said that we are clearly focusing on the urgency of reforming multilateralism today. Naturally we will have our own particular views, but there is at least one growing consensus that this cannot be delayed further.

There is no question of justifyingExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the question of justifying what the world considers unacceptable should not arise. This certainly applies to state sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. Nor can hosting Osama bin Laden and attacking a neighboring country’s parliament serve as credentials to preach before this Council.

Terrorists had attacked the Parliament

It is significant that 13 On December 4717 terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Parliament. In this attack, five personnel of the Delhi Police, a woman personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force and two members of Parliament were martyred while fighting the terrorists. An employee and a cameraman were also killed in the attack.