UNHRC report on Kashmir has nothing to do with the int'l body: V K Singh

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today dubbed the UN Human Rights Commission report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir an "individual report" and said it has nothing to do with the international body.

"That report has nothing to with the UN. That was an individual report and let's keep it that," he said, responding to a question on the issue on the sidelines of an event in New Delhi.

Earlier this week, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi referred to the June 14 report on Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein when the Security Council was discussion Children and Armed Conflict.

In the report, Al Hussein has called for a commission of inquiry by the Human Rights Council to conduct an independent international investigation into human rights situation in Kashmir.

In a sharp rebuttal, India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Tanmaya Lal has said that the "so-called" report reflects the "clear bias of an official who was acting without any mandate whatsoever and relied on unverified sources of information."