India calls out Pakistan’s ‘long-tainted record of genocidal acts’ at UNSC

Key points

• India called out Pakistan’s “long-tainted” record of genocidal acts, telling the U.N.
• Security Council that the country’s inhuman conduct reflects its attempts over decades to externalise internal failures through acts of violence within and beyond its border.
• India slams Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan during Ramzan Speaking at the Annual UNSC Open Debate on ‘Protection of civilians in armed conflict’ on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N.
• Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said, “It is ironic that Pakistan, with its long-tainted record of genocidal acts, has chosen to refer to issues that are strictly internal to India.” Parvathaneni's remarks came after Pakistan’s representative raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the debate.
• Strikes on Afghanistan Raising the issue of Pakistan’s strikes on Afghanistan earlier this year, he said, “The world has not forgotten that it was during the holy month of Ramadan in March this year, at a...