New York:
In a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “tirade” on Kashmir, India on Monday said those accusing others of rights violations must introspect as it censured Pakistan for the first time at the UNGA for perpetrating the “worst form of state oppression” in Balochistan.
Taking a veiled dig at Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her address at the 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA) session said there are nations “in our midst” where UN designated terrorists roam freely and deliver “their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity”, an apparent reference to Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
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Long queue of people wanting to compliment EAM on her #UNGA address pic.twitter.com/vz5ymBLc4e
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#WATCH: "Kashmir is an integral part of India, and will always be. Pakistan should stop dreaming", says EAM Sushma Swaraj at #UNGA pic.twitter.com/1OYsdks4vf
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#The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of State oppression
#We should adopt Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism to develop norms to prosecute terrorists
#Those who seed extr't ideologies, reap a bitter harvest. This germ of evil has grown into a hydra-headed monster
#Kashmir is an integral part of India, and will be always. Aap (Pak) sapna dekhna chor dijiye
EAM begins on the most critically imp subject of terrorism, speaks of the blood & tear of victims from Paris to Pathankot & Brussels to Uri pic.twitter.com/hxcMlGw3rf
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EAM Sushma Swaraj addresses the 71st session of UN General Assembly in New York #UNGA pic.twitter.com/7CBCSa1cI3
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#Humne sharton ke hisaab pe nahi, mitrta ka haath badhaya. Par hume kya mila? Pathankot? Uri? Bahadur Ali?
#Bahadur Ali is a living example of Pakistan's cross border terrorism
#Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others
#Jinke apne ghar sheeshe ke ho, unhe doosre par patthar nahi fenkne chahiye
#Aatankwaadiyon ko paalna kuch deshon ka shaunk ban gaya hai
#We all have to come together to fight the scourge of terrorism, if some country is not willing then it must be isolated
#We need to identify who gives shelter to the terrorists? How are they able to carry out such activities?. We need to uproot terrorism
#Who finances terror and terrorists? Same question was raised by Afghanistan on this very platform few days back
#I am very thankful to the UN for its tremendous support for International Yoga day
#Sanitation is also a big issue, and we have started 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan' under which 4 lakh toilets are built in 2 lakh schools
#A year has passed since I stood at this hallowed podium to address members of the international community, so much has changed since then
#Today the biggest challenge all of us face is the poverty prevalent in all corners of the world: EAM Sushma Swaraj
#EAM Sushma Swaraj addresses the 71st session of UN General Assembly in New York
#EAM Sushma Swaraj speaks at UN General Assembly in New York
Stage set for India.
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) September 26, 2016
EAM @SushmaSwaraj arrives at UN for her address to 71st #UNGA session pic.twitter.com/GO9Gwg0DRV
She also made a strong pitch for isolating such nations who speak the language of terrorism and for whom sheltering terrorists has become “their calling card”.
“In our midst, there are nations that still speak the language of terrorism, that nurture it, peddle it, and export it. To shelter terrorists has become their calling card. We must identify these nations and hold them to account,” Swaraj asserted in her nearly 20-minute speech in Hindi.
“These nations, in which UN designated terrorists roam freely, lead processions and deliver their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity, are as culpable as the very terrorists they harbour. Such countries should have no place in the comity of nations,” Swaraj said, in essence making a call to the international community to isolate such nations.
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In a strong rebuttal of the “baseless allegations” made by Sharif from the podium of the General Assembly about human rights violations by India in Kashmir, Swaraj said, “I can only say that those accusing others of human rights violations would do well to introspect and see what egregious abuses they are perpetrating in their own country, including in Balochistan. The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of state oppression.”
(With inputs from ANI)
