ISLAMABAD, 02 August 2021, (TON): The Foreign Office expressed the hope that India would act fairly during its month-long tenure as the president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

FO spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, said Pakistan hopes that “India will abide by the relevant rules and norms governing the conduct of the Security Council Presidency.”

India, which is currently a non-permanent member of UNSC for a two-year term, would be holding the presidency of the powerful 15-nation body for the month of August beginning Sunday.

The presidency of UNSC rotates on a monthly basis following the English alphabetical order of the names of the member states. India, which entered UNSC on Jan 1, 2021, will twice get the presidency during its term ending on Dec 31, 2022.

Calls for abiding by rules and norms governing conduct of Security Council

The spokesman further said “as India assumes this role, we would also like to once again remind it of its legal obligation to implement the UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir.”

He said India must realise that it cannot ignore the international community’s continuing calls to end its grave and systematic human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir.