India supported Pakistan’s proposal in UN,America protested

Pakistan has surprised the world by supporting a resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNSC). This draft resolution related to religious hatred against the incident of burning of Holy Quran in Sweden placed by Pakistan in UNSC has been approved on Wednesday. India has supported this proposal of Pakistan only. Last month in Sweden’s capital Stockholm, a man insulted the Holy Quran in front of a mosque. The incident was condemned by the European Union, Pope Francis and the Swedish government itself, along with all Islamic countries.

Pakistani newspaper Dawn termed the passing of the resolution as a major defeat for the western countries. Along with this it is written that OIC has dominance in UNHRC. US Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council Michelle Taylor said US concerns about the initiative were not taken seriously. “I believe that after an open discussion and some time, we could have found a way to move forward together on this proposal,” he said.

There are a total of 47 members in the UNHRC. In this only 19 countries of OIC i.e. Organization of Islamic Cooperation are included. All of them supported Pakistan’s proposal. Pakistan had brought this proposal in UNHRC only at the behest of OIC countries. China, surrounded by the issue of Uygar Muslims, also voted in support of Pakistan. At the same time, 7 countries including Nepal did not vote while not supporting anyone.

During the debate on the proposal in the UNHRC, Muslim countries said that incidents like burning of Quran work to increase hatred. Such incidents cannot be allowed to escalate in the name of freedom of speech. Britain, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Lithuania, Costa Rica and Finland also voted against the resolution.