The 42nd session of the Human Rights Council will begin on September 9 and will go on till September 27.
United Nation's Human Rights Council in Geneva is bracing for India-Pakistan clash as Islamabad gets ready to rant about Kashmir at the forum.
The 42nd session of the Human Rights Council will begin on Monday and will go on till September 27.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi himself will be present in Geneva and plans for a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, though the country lacks number for its passage. He will be speaking at the council on Tuesday at 3.30 pm IST.
Indian envoy to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria is already in Switzerland for the meeting. India has been engaging with several UN HRC members to thwart any Pakistani attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue. India has briefed several foreign envoys in Delhi as well.
The Council is made of 47 member States, which are elected by the majority of members of the General Assembly of the United Nations through a direct and secret ballot.
The development comes weeks after India was able to thwart a joint China-Pak initiative to rake up Kashmir at the United Nation Security Council (UNSC). Islamabad wanted an emergency session on Kashmir at the UNSC and for this, a consultative meet was held on July 16.
The meeting took place at the request of China which took up the letter of Pakistani foreign minister in the aftermath of New Delhi's decision to remove the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, granted under Article 370 of the Constitution.
In the aftermath of India's decision, Pakistan has been trying to internationalise Kashmir by reaching out to global capitals but has not got any traction.
New Delhi has reitertaed on every platform that the government's move is an internal matter of India.
Speaking after the UNSC consultative meet, India's permanent envoy to United Nations Syed Akbaruddin after had said, "Article 370 is internal matter.. these have no external ramifications."
On talks with Pakistan, Syed said, "Using terror to push goals is not the way normal states behave... stop terror to start talks."
The outcome of July 16 meeting was considered a big diplomatic victory for India as consultations did not lead to any formal meeting which Islamabad was keen to have.
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