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Friday, April 19, 2013

WPR Article | Diplomatic Fallout: Frustrations Mount for India at the U.N.

WPR Article | Diplomatic Fallout: Frustrations Mount for India at the U.N.
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  1. RAYLOKEApril 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM

    In a stinging opinion piece published this January, former Foreign Secretary Krishnan Srinivasan accused the government of a disorganized and ad hoc approach to Security Council affairs, concluding that “India did not display the independence to carve out a distinctive made-in-India foreign policy.” Hardeep Singh Puri, the outgoing Indian ambassador to the U.N., shot back that Srinivasan was offering “incorrect facts and absurd assumptions” and had in fact “lost it completely” with many of his criticisms.

    While the debate over India’s role in the Security Council is likely to continue for some time, the end of its tenure was expected to take some of the pressure off Indian officials. But two U.N. processes kept them on the defensive. The first was the final round of negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty in the U.N. General Assembly, which culminated in late-March and the first days of April. India has long been skeptical toward the treaty, which is meant to stop the export of conventional arms to governments that could commit human rights abuses or war crimes.

    India, as the world’s single biggest arms importer, worries that exporters could use this as an excuse cut off its military supplies. (Ironically, India’s most likely foes, China and Pakistan, also dislike the treaty.) Indian analysts also complain that the agreement will have little effect on the supply of arms to the guerrillas fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and other parts of the country. During the final drive to get a consensus agreement on the treaty in March, Western diplomats feared that India would refuse to support it.

    In the end Iran, Syria and North Korea blocked consensus instead, and the Arms Trade Treaty was put to a General Assembly vote on April 2. While 154 countries voted in favor, India was one of 23 states that abstained. Other abstainers included China and Russia, and there are serious doubts over whether the U.S. Senate will ratify the agreement. Still, the episode highlighted Indian concerns that the U.N. does not protect its interests.
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