Regurgitating a failed approach is polemics & not reflective of pacific intent- @IndiaUNNewYork to Pakistan https://t.co/6jCLdTXuo0 — Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) 1535596330000

We remind - Pakistan - the one isolated delegation that made unwarranted references to an integral part of India, t… https://t.co/FENheMx1EX — Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) 1535585411000

(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: At the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) speaking about the UN's effort to mediate for settlement of disputes, India said that it hopes the new government in Pakistan "will work to build South Asian region terror free".Speaking at an open debate on mediation and settlement of disputes at the UN Security Council, Syed Akbaruddin , India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, sharply reacted when Pakistan's Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi raked up the Kashmir issue during the debate."We hope the new government of Pakistan will, rather than indulging in polemics, work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed the South Asian region, free of terror and violence," said Akbaruddin.In her remarks, Lodhi said the "Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains a long-standing issue" on the agenda of the Council. She said through its various resolutions, the Security Council has provided that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people "expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite" conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.Akbaruddin confronting Pakistan's repeated references to the disputed territories, said," I take this opportunity to remind - Pakistan - the one isolated delegation that made unwarranted references to an integral part of India, that pacific settlement requires pacific intent in thinking and pacific content in action."Lodhi further evoked the Security Council's several mechanisms including the UN Commission on India and Pakistan (UNCIP), the deployment of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) and the appointment of UN representatives."Sadly, these resolutions remain unimplemented to date. The international community cannot succeed in its efforts to strengthen conflict prevention and promote pacific dispute settlement if the Security Council's own resolutions are held in abeyance, by some. What is, at stake is both the Council's credibility as well as the objective of durable peace in our region. We must not fail these tests" Lodhi said.However, Akbaruddin emphasized that the international community instead of putting the United Nations at the center of mediation efforts and exhorting States to support them, should lend encouragement to those who are motivated and have the capacity to settle disputes."Of course, there could be many forms of division of tasks of pacific settlement of disputes between the United Nations and other concerned actors that can undoubtedly be devised. It is important, however, not to charge the United Nations with responsibilities that it maybe ill-suited to perform. Mediation, in every circumstance, is one such task, it is not geared to fulfil," he said.On August 20, Pakistan's newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan indicating the beginning of a dialogue between the two nations. However, later Pakistan denied making any such claim and blamed Indian media for misquoting Qureshi. Denying Qureshi's claim, sources in India had also emphasized that there was no fresh proposal for the resumption of dialogue between the two countries.