‘Frankenstein State’ & "Outdated Indus Waters Treaty": India Blasts Pakistan At UN

[00:00:00]This is the country where the sitting defense minister boasts of hosting, training, and deploying terrorists as state policy. It is a living example of a Frankenstein state which is shocked when its own monster bites back. Mr. Vice President, our position on Indus Water Treaty is well known. It defies logic that a state which exports terror as an instrument of policy continues to demand the privileges of cooperation predicated on goodwill and friendship.

[00:00:23]It is equally undeniable that the treaty is now outdated. Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan's illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return.

[00:00:44]Mr. Vice President, our position on Indus Water Treaty is well known. It defies logic that a state which exports terror as an instrument of policy continues to demand the privileges of cooperation predicated on goodwill and friendship. It is equally undeniable that the treaty is now outdated. No technical arrangement can remain frozen in time while the world around it is transformed. A treaty negotiated in 1960 cannot be treated as a treated as a perpetual entitlement which is insulated from accountability, detached from present-day realities, and untouched by the profound changes of the past six decades.

[00:01:19]The escalating impacts of climate change, advances in technology, and the growing imperative for sustainable clean energy demand a reevaluation of the treaty's relevance and applicability.

[00:01:29]Mr. Vice President, instead of coveting Indian territories, Pakistan would serve itself and its people far better by putting its own house in order. Its seasonal theatrics in this council, Mr. Vice President, this is the country where the sitting defense minister boasts of hosting, training, and deploying terrorists as state policy.

[00:01:47]And yet, Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism. Indeed, a paradox which only Pakistan could sustain. It is a living example of a Frankenstein state which is shocked when its own monster bites back. However, we would like to make a few points. For the record, Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan's illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return.

[00:02:13]Mr. Vice President, Pakistan's propaganda cannot obscure the reality of repression in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The ongoing tragedy in Rawalakot, the killing of hundreds of civilians and the brutal crackdown across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir are the predictable outcome of a system built on forcible occupation and sustained through repression. Decades of military land grabs, demographic engineering, and the denial of basic freedoms have brought matters to a point where even demand for bread, electricity, rights, and dignity are met with bullets and brutality. This should surprise no one. An illegal and illegitimate occupation can be sustained only through force. However, we would like to make a few points. For the record, Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan's illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return.

[00:03:03]Mr. Vice President, Pakistan's propaganda cannot obscure the reality of repression in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

[00:03:10]The ongoing tragedy in Rawalakot, the killing of hundreds of civilians and the brutal crackdown across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir are the predictable outcome of a system built on forcible occupation and sustained through repression. Decades of military land grabs, demographic engineering, and the denial of basic freedoms have brought matters to a point where even demand for bread, electricity, rights, and dignity are met with bullets and brutality. This should surprise no one. An illegal and illegitimate occupation can be sustained only through force.