United Nations:  India sharply retaliated against Pakistan on Wednesday when it brought up the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council, saying that a nation that attacked a neighbouring Parliament and sheltered the assassinated al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lacks the authority to preach in the influential UN body.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said The UN's reputation hinges on how well it handles the major problems of the day, such as pandemics, climate change, wars, and terrorism.

We are plainly concentrating on the necessity of multilateralism reform today. We all have our own opinions, but there is a growing consensus that this cannot be postponed any longer, according to Jaishankar, who is moderating India's premier conference on reformed multilateralism.

The normalisation of such threats is something that our debate must never accept as we look for the appropriate responses. The need to defend actions that the rest of the world deems wrong shouldn't even be a consideration. That unquestionably holds true for state-sponsored international terrorism. Furthermore, he asserted, sheltering Osama bin Laden and bombing a nearby parliament cannot be used as justification for speaking before this Council.

Before the curtains come down this month on India's two-year tenure as an elected member of the powerful 15-nation club, Jaishankar arrived here on Tuesday to preside over two landmark events on counterterrorism and reformed multilateralism being held under the country's current UN Security Council Presidency.

His forceful words were in response to Bilawal Bhutto, the foreign minister of Pakistan, who brought up the Kashmir problem during the Council's discussion of reformed multilateralism.

The UN Security Council Open Debate on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: New Orientation for Reformed Multilateralism, a landmark event hosted under India's Presidency of the 15-nation Council, was presided over by the External Affairs Minister on Wednesday.

Among more than 60 speakers listed for the debate was Bhutto raised the Kashmir issue. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj was chairing the debate when Bhutto addressed the Council.
Later, as Jaishankar presided over the discussion, he responded forcefully to Bhutto's remarks.

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