India has strongly rejected Pakistan’s “nefarious agenda” at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), accusing Islamabad of attempting to deflect attention from its own human rights violations and state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P Harish, issued a sharp rebuttal during the UNSC’s open debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAC) calling out Pakistan for misusing the platform and violating the Council’s agenda.

The Indian envoy labelled Pakistan as one of the grave violators of the CAC agenda, citing not only the systemic abuse of children within Pakistan’s borders but also the impact of its military operations in Afghanistan’s border areas, where children have suffered casualties due to cross-border shelling and air strikes by Pakistani forces. He referred to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 Indian tourists were killed by Pakistani or Pakistan-trained terrorists.

Reaffirming India’s zero-tolerance stance against terrorism, Ambassador Harish pointed to the May 7 retaliatory strikes under Operation Sindoor. He also referenced the Secretary-General’s recent CAC report, which detailed grave violations against children in Pakistan, including attacks on girls’ schools and health workers. He further condemned the Pakistani army’s shelling of Indian border villages in May 2025, which resulted in civilian deaths and injuries.

Concluding his remarks, the Indian envoy reiterated India’s firm stance on Jammu and Kashmir, stating, The entire union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India, irrespective of the frequent, incessant spate of lies and falsehoods by Pakistan.