EAM Sushma Swaraj at UNGA
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tore into Pakistan on Saturday, with point by point rebuttal on its several "untrue" claims of talks with India and human rights violations.
Swaraj was addressing the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The General Debate opened on Tuesday and will run till Monday. Swaraj, who addressed the UNGA session last year as well, reached New York last Saturday and participated in several bilateral and multilateral meetings on the sidelines of the UNGA including the SAARC and BRICS.
The SAARC meet captured wider attention when Swaraj left the venue and did not wait for Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi to present his statement. Qureshi slammed Swaraj's move stating that India is creating obstruction in regional cooperation.
During the BRICS meeting on Friday, Swaraj urged the members of the group to peak with a stronger voice and not be divided among themselves on the critical issue of achieving the long-pending UN Security Council reform.
Swaraj also urged that the BRICS nations must join hands to make United Nations' counter-terrorism mechanism efficient in listing terrorists and their outfits.
Here are the top 10 quotes of EAM Sushma Swaraj at UNGA:
# Our neighbouring nation is not only skilled in spreading terrorism, but have also gained expertise in refusing their deeds. The biggest example of this is that Osama Bin Laden was found in Pakistan.
# Unfortunate that the challenge of terrorism we face in our country, is from a neighbour across the border
# Allegations that we are not ready to initiate dialogue process with Pakistan, are untrue. It is because of Pakistan that the process remains obstructed every time we take a step forward
# Recently Pakistan asked us for a meeting on UNGA sidelines, but just after that 3 J&K security personnel were killed. Should we talk to Pakistan in such circumstances?
# Climate change and terrorism biggest challenges faced by world today, says EAM Sushma Swaraj at #UNGA
# Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has initiated unprecedented economic and social transformation that will help India achieve its SDG goals much before time
# India stands shoulder to shoulder with earthquake-hit Indonesia in this hour of crisis
# If we have to save the world from adverse effects of climate change, then developed nations must lift the deprived with financial and technical resources
# UN is biggest platform for all nations. But slowly, its significance, effect, dignity & use is being reduced. We should worry that we don't meet the same fate as League of Nations. Their descent was caused as they were not ready for reform. We shouldn't repeat that mistake
