03-04-2004, 09:07 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : March 04 (PNS) - <b>Pakistan on Wednesday said it was opposed to India becoming a permanent member of UN Security Council in line with its principled position against creation of new "power centers" in the world body. </b>
"Our position is clear, we are opposed to India joining Security Council as a permanent member," Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told a questioner at a weekly briefing here. But, he added, Pakistan's position, which had been there for sometime, was based on its principled position as it was opposed to the creation of any new centers of powers.
"<b>The UNSC has to be made more representative so that we do not create new centers of powers," </b>he said. The world body needed to be democratized to create balance between the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. He said at the moment there could not be any increase in the permanent membership but added that the increasing seats of non-permanent membership could be looked into.
Responding to a question on the unabated violence in the Indian held Kashmir, the spokesman said that peace was a challenge to the two countries and would not happen automatically. He said end to repression and human rights violations in the Indian held Kashmir would provide a better environment for the on-going peace initiatives by Pakistan and India.
In this regard, he referred to the string of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) by the two sides last year which, he said, created a salutary environment for President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to make difficult announcement over the resumption of stalled talks. "We need a different kind of backdrop, violence must come to an end - huts and homes (of the Kashmiri people in held Kashmir) have to be made safe," he added.
The Spokesman said end to human rights violations will make the Kashmiri people reassured and encouraged to participate in the peace process. On the issue of erecting fencing along the LoC, the Spokesman reiterated Pakistan's position that it was in violation of the bilateral agreement as well as UN Security Council resolutions.
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"Our position is clear, we are opposed to India joining Security Council as a permanent member," Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan told a questioner at a weekly briefing here. But, he added, Pakistan's position, which had been there for sometime, was based on its principled position as it was opposed to the creation of any new centers of powers.
"<b>The UNSC has to be made more representative so that we do not create new centers of powers," </b>he said. The world body needed to be democratized to create balance between the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. He said at the moment there could not be any increase in the permanent membership but added that the increasing seats of non-permanent membership could be looked into.
Responding to a question on the unabated violence in the Indian held Kashmir, the spokesman said that peace was a challenge to the two countries and would not happen automatically. He said end to repression and human rights violations in the Indian held Kashmir would provide a better environment for the on-going peace initiatives by Pakistan and India.
In this regard, he referred to the string of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) by the two sides last year which, he said, created a salutary environment for President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to make difficult announcement over the resumption of stalled talks. "We need a different kind of backdrop, violence must come to an end - huts and homes (of the Kashmiri people in held Kashmir) have to be made safe," he added.
The Spokesman said end to human rights violations will make the Kashmiri people reassured and encouraged to participate in the peace process. On the issue of erecting fencing along the LoC, the Spokesman reiterated Pakistan's position that it was in violation of the bilateral agreement as well as UN Security Council resolutions.
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