Islamabad cannot conceal behind UN decision: India hits out at Pakistan over Hindu temple vandalism

Image Source : ANI Islamabad cannot conceal behind UN decision: India hits out Pakistan over Hindu temple vandalism
India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for being one of many co-sponsors of a United Nations decision on selling a tradition of peace at the same time as Pakistan authorities remained “mute spectators” as a mob vandalised a historic temple. In December final, a Hindu temple was set ablaze by a mob of tons of in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Paskitan.

“The resolution can not be a smokescreen for countries like Pakistan to hide behind,” TS Tirumurti, the Indian ambassador to the United Nations mentioned.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a decision on ‘Promoting a tradition of peace and tolerance to safeguard spiritual websites. The decision requires strengthened worldwide efforts to foster a worldwide dialogue on the promotion of a tradition of tolerance and peace in any respect ranges, based mostly on respect for human rights and for the range of religions and beliefs.

“It is a matter of great irony that the country where the most recent attack and demolition of a Hindu temple took place in a series of such attacks and where the rights of minorities are being emasculated is one of the co-sponsors of the resolution under the agenda item “Culture of Peace”, Tirumurti mentioned.

Citing the destruction of a Hindu temple in Karak city within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in December 2020, Tirumurti mentioned, “a historic Hindu temple was attacked and set on fire by a mob in the town of Karak in Pakistan with explicit support and connivance with the law enforcement agencies which, stood as mute spectators while the historic temple was being razed.”

India mentioned that on this world of rising terrorism, violent extremism, radicalization and intolerance, spiritual websites and cultural heritage websites stay susceptible to terrorist acts, violence and destruction.

Further, Tirumurti pointed to situations in numerous elements of the world that remained susceptible to terrorist acts.

“The images of the shattering of the iconic Bamyan Buddha by fundamentalists are still vivid in our memories. The terrorist bombing of the Sikh gurudwara in Afghanistan where 25 Sikh worshipers were killed is yet another example of this vulnerability,” he mentioned.

Trirumurti mentioned India attaches nice significance to safeguarding cultural heritage and non secular websites. He additional mentioned that India additionally has a powerful authorized framework for acts of violence or discrimination based mostly on faith together with violence focused in direction of the locations of worship.

India, he mentioned reiterates its name for the appliance of the rules of objectivity, non-selectivity and impartiality to kind the premise of discussions within the United Nations particularly on the difficulty of faith.

“The United Nations together with UN Alliance of Civilizations mustn’t take sides and so long as such selectivity exists, the world can by no means actually foster a tradition of peace. We should stand united in opposition to the forces that supplant dialogue and peace with hatred and violence, Tirumurti mentioned.

Tirumurti additionally acknowledged the efforts of Saudi Arabia and Morocco to pilot the fragile negotiations for attaining a consensus textual content of the draft decision.

(With ANI inputs)
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