On 27 May, India abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to set up a commission of inquiry into human rights violations in the.
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SRINAGAR: Volkan Bozkir, the Turkish diplomat who is the UN General Assembly’s incumbent president for the year, has regretted India's reaction to his Kashmir statements in Pakistan saying the statement was taken out of context.
UN General Assembly President s Kashmir Remarks Consistent With UN Charter
Volkan Bozkir urged Pakistan last week to strongly raise Kashmir issue at UN, triggering angry reply from India. India s response to a statement by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) president during his visit to Pakistan last week is regrettable, his office said on Tuesday. President [Volkan Bozkir] was saddened to see a press statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, which portrays his remarks on Jammu and Kashmir from a selective perspective, while they are consistent with the longstanding UN position regarding this issue. It is regrettable that the President s remarks were taken out of context, Amy Quantrill, deputy spokeswoman for UNGA president, said in a statement.
United Nations, June 2 (IANS) General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir is "saddeneda¿ by India's reaction to his statements on Kashmir, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Amy Quantrill, who has asserted that they were taken out of context.