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India does not deserve UNSC seat: FO

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6-Foreign OfficeISLAMABAD-Pakistan said India does not qualify to become full member of the United Nations Security Council given its record of violation of UN resolutions particularly pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir.

At her weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said Pakistan has always advocated effective and feasible reforms of the UN Security Council and its working methods on the basis of consensus among the UN members.

She said the UNSC reforms should make this vital organ for peace and security more democratic, effective and responsive to the aspirations of the member states. A reformed UNSC should reflect interests of wider membership of the UN.

She, however, warned that the idea of new permanent member seats in the UNSC will create only new centers of powers and privileges, and could make the Security Council…

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