'No lessons from a terror sponsor': Indian diplomat rebukes Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council

'No lessons from a terror sponsor': Indian diplomat rebukes Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council

Indian Diplomat Kshitij Tyagi delivered a sharp rebuttal to Pakistan, denouncing it as a "failed state addicted to propaganda and terror" at the 5th Meeting of the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

“Our measured and proportionate response to the Pahalgam attack made that sufficiently clear. We need no lessons from a terror sponsor, no sermons from a persecutor of minorities, and no advice from a state that has conjured its own credibility. India will continue to protect its citizens with unwavering resolve, defend its sovereignty without compromise, and expose—time and again—the elaborate deception of a failed state whose survival depends on trafficking in terror and tragedy," he said.

In a separate intervention during the same session, Tyagi said, “We are compelled once again to address provocations from a country whose own leadership recently likened it to a dump truck—perhaps an inadvertently apt metaphor for a state that continues to deposit recycled falsehoods and stale propaganda before this distinguished council.”

He also criticised Pakistan’s “systematic abuse” of the Human Rights Council and its continued manipulation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a political mouthpiece. “Its pathological fixation on India appears to provide it with existential validation,” he said.

This is not the first time Tyagi has issued a forceful response to Pakistan at the UN. Earlier this year, during the 58th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in February, he described Pakistan as a “failed state surviving on international handouts.”

“It is regrettable to see Pakistan’s so-called leaders and delegates dutifully spreading falsehoods handed down by its military-terrorist complex,” he said at the time, dismissing Pakistan’s repeated attempts to internationalise the Jammu and Kashmir issue as “baseless and malicious.”

He further accused Islamabad of “making a mockery” of the OIC by using it as a political tool and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir, along with Ladakh, are integral and inalienable parts of India.

“The unprecedented political, social, and economic progress in J&K in recent years speaks for itself. These successes are a testament to the people’s trust in the government’s commitment to restore normalcy in a region long scarred by Pakistan-sponsored terrorism," Tyagi said.