Public opinion surrounding Pakistan's appointment to the UNSC counter-terrorism bodies is overwhelmingly negative. This decision is widely viewed as ironic and contradictory, akin to putting a fox in charge of guarding the henhouse. Many perceive the UN's move as a significant oversight that undermines its credibility and global counter-terrorism efforts. The sentiment includes disbelief, mockery, and frustration, with a focus on the UN's perceived ineffectiveness and hypocrisy. There is also a strong emotional reaction from Indian users, who view this as a diplomatic blow against their interests.

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clydewoodforest

Next up: Taliban’s Afghanistan on the women’s rights committee

Idk why anybody even pretends to take the UN seriously anymore.

TXDobber

What's next in Saudi Arabia for  human rights committee , North Korea for press freedom?

Axerin

The UN apparently wants to go the way of the League of Nations.

KinTharEl

Not anymore disappointing that your run of the mill brutal dictatorial regime in the UN Human Rights Committee.




The UN is not a beacon of morality, is an open forum to discuss things between more times than not conflicting parties. 




The UN has done a disservice to itself trying to paint an image it's not up to the task even if looked useful for trying to influence people's worldview as hipocrisy is a very fast way to lose credibility. 

jarx12

Hahahahaha. Oh that’s too good. Way to live up to your expectations UN. It’s such a worthless organization anymore, but hey this will be a good chance for whomever is assigned to be Pakistan’s ambassador in that position to line their pockets more. Graft and corruption is all the UN is good at after all.

Colodanman357

triplevented

Man, life has to be hard for the writers at The Onion these days.

TheRealPaladin

Just goes to show how much of a joke the UN has become.

Command0Dude

Vice-chair, a position shared by 3 countries. Chair is Algeria. In a body of 15. Shit's funny, ngl, but Pakistan definitely has more to contribute than Korea or Denmark. When they want to, that is.

thauyxs

joyous_maximus

The United Nations is a joke. I guess it's been one for a while? But like this has to solidify it as a joke.

I guess if it keeps us all from dying in a nuclear holocaust then whatever.

Visual_Bandicoot1257

What the hell happened to the UN? Not so long ago they had a pretty good image

AnomalyNexus

When Saudi Arabia was elected chair of Human Rights Commission, I lost all faith in UN. It is dead to me. We may as well dissolve the UN.

Jazzlike_770

In a major setback for India, Pakistan has been elected vice-chair of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee and will also chair the UNSC’s 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee in 2025. This marks a significant diplomatic victory for Islamabad on the global stage.

The recent development comes as a high-level parliamentary delegation led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York following the confrontation with India over the Pahalgam attack. The situation de-escalated after US President Donald Trump’s intervention, leading to a ceasefire.

These appointments place Pakistan at the heart of global discussions and policymaking concerning counterterrorism efforts and regional stability. The country's active role in these committees highlights its increasing influence within the UNSC.

Themetalin

The UNSC seems to have a committee for everything, yet I struggle to recall a single instance where its discussions or resolutions have led to immediate, real-world impact. Most of it feels like endless talk with little tangible action. Putting Pakistan at the helm of an anti-terrorism committee in the UNSC is like handing the keys of a museum to the very thief who once looted it. It’s not just ironic,  it’s a mockery of the very principles the committee claims to uphold. When nations with a well documented history of harboring or turning a blind eye to terror networks are put in charge of fighting terrorism, it exposes just how toothless and compromised the system really is.

Real-Politika

Things like this will keep happening if India can't honestly analyze where they went wrong and change course. Saying the world is in on a Chinese &amp; Pakistani conspiracy to harm India when the West wants to build up India to counter China is delusional and self-harming.

Ultimately, India should have presented evidence of Pakistani state involvement if they had it &amp; caught the terrorists. Launching strikes on accusations was an affront to world institutions and so the UN &amp; World Bank have moved forward with their existing agreements with Pakistan.

Still_There3603

Despite its reputation, Pakistan does have a very good track record running counter-terrorist ops. Operation Zarb-e-Azab cleaned out lawless north western frontiers and was integrated with the country proper. The TTP driven out to Afghanistan.

gambooka_seferis

It's just some karmic justice for India for their support of Russia.

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ja9917

The UN: "Why don't the general public take us seriously? We're a respectable organisation!"

Also the UN: "Let's put Pakistan in a position of influence on a counter-terrorism committee!"

Big_Treat5929

Say what you want, but they are the experts in the field!

mekilat

Son_of_fate26

I used to think the UN is useless, it turns out to be harmful.

uliwut

The UN is a clown show. Iran was the chairman of Women's rights... Russia, North Korea and Iran were in the Human rights committee... And now this?


No wonder the UN sides with Hamas and doesn't give a shit about real genocides

K0TEM

Pakistan: After our thorough inquiry we have declared ourselves not guilty.

alonso-Lewis-vettel

Next headline:

Pakistan to ask IMF for a loan for a chair to co-chair at UNSC counter terrorism.

lLikeCats

this is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house

Raethrean

And the UN becomes even more of a worthless joke... 

StrangerFew2424

This is why respect for the U.N is at an all time low

Jaster22101

This is what happens when the tyrants of the world are given control of the UN.  They control the UN through their majority in the General Assembly.  They put their own minions in positions of power and direct the UN to make policies that benefit tyrannical regimes.  The UN is not representative of the world's people.  It represents the world's tyrants.

The-M0untain

Its like making Saudi Arabia a chair for UN human rights council. 

Oh wait….

leopardbaseball

ArchitectNebulous

steve_ample

Why not give nobel peace prize to bin laden

himanshu_777k

Top_Concentrate1673

This is why the UN has very little moral authority.

ConversationFlaky608

ArmyEuphoric2909

dnight22

OneNormalBloke

Sorry-Water-8530

crazyworldgig

Putting a bank robber as a head of the security.

Constant-Horse-3389

macross1984

demon13664674

Weary-Trade-1576

I'm all for countries like Pakistan to have a seat at the table of something like counter-terrorism. You need to have a stakeholder on the side where this stuff is coming from. You can't have a unilateral discussion where ideas are essentially railroaded in. You need to get buy in from the other side.

That said, providing a co-chair spot in this committee is just asinine levels of stupidity and poor optics. It should be a country who is successfully pushing back against terrorism.

mwagner1385

Why is this sudden affinity towards Pakistan in western world.  How does Pakistan manage to be close to both US and china is baffling.

No-Introduction-9088

I mean takes one to know one I guess, if any country is gonna have extensive knowledge of how/where/why terrorists cells operate its gonna be them.

97Graham

What does even UN do at this point? All I hear of are NATO, EU, US, China, sometimes India and Paksitan and then other countires. UN doesn't even make it to headlines without making a clown of themselves.

UnknownGamer014

I mean, it makes sense. They know exactly where the terrorists are. Now only if they could help with countering them....  /s

Fuzzy_Substance_4603

It's like giving a wolf guard duty to safeguard sheep's 🤣🤣

Professional_Walk393

Ok loser! I am done passing my time, was too bored. Gotta go to the bathroom. You might need to google ‘bathroom’ if you don’t know what it means

tattobilla

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This comes a day after this:

[Pakistan to chair Taliban Sanctions Committee of UNSC: The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-to-chair-taliban-sanctions-committee-of-unsc/article69655928.ece)

FullMetalBlasphemist

I said that on a previous post, when yall were posting about "Exposing" Pakistan as a terrorist to the UNSC.

Around 15 days ago. I told yall, you are talking to Pakistan as a non-permanent member in the council.

Jafri2

https://preview.redd.it/dhkn5890y45f1.jpeg?width=1044&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=2fe628e523224d9e1d2513663b7db5aca96059ce

1. IMF gave $1 billion to Pakistan on May 9 during Operation Sindoor.
2. World Bank decides to give $40 billion to Pakistan soon after Operation Sindoor.
3. ADB gave $800 million to Pakistan on June 3 soon after Operation Sindoor. And on June 4 Pakistan gets elected as Chairman of UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee and Vice Chairman of UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee. Of course, this is the sad story of our own foreign policy collapse but how can the global community allow this continuous legitimisation of sponsorship of terrorism by Pakistan.

frizene26

salCyl25

Hehe.. so much influence from Modiji and Jaishankar..lol

neilcbty

Lmfao. Is it time to bring Tharoor back? He seems to be doing far worse than Panauti and laser eyes combined. 

charavaka

I am sharing a list of UN-designated terrorist entities associated with Pakistan, as per the United Nations Security Council ISIL (ISIS/Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List, along with the UN reference numbers and links.

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) [2 May 2005] [QDe.118](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/lashkar-e-tayyiba)

Jaish-i-Mohammed (JeM) [17 October 2001] [QDe.019](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/mohammed-masood-azhar-alvi)

	
Harakat-ul-Mujahidin (HuM) [6 October 2001] [QDe.008](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/harakat-ul-mujahidin/hum)


Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) [29 July 2011] [QDe.132](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/tehrik-e-taliban-pakistan-%28ttp%29)


Al-Rashid Trust [6 October 2001] [QDe.005](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/al-rashid-trust)


Al Akhtar Trust International [17 August 2005] [QDe.121](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/al-akhtar-trust-international)


Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) [6 August 2010] [QDe.130](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/harakat-ul-jihad-islami)



A failed, parasitic, terrorist nation has been outmanoeuvring India, not only because of the incompetence of the current government, but also because of the complete apathy and hypocrisy of the West and the UN. India needs to build its base and be prepared to stand alone against the world, period. I cringed a bit writing that, because this is the kind of childish bullshit you hear on Twitter, but I am sorry to report ladies and gentlemen, our leadership has finally brought us here. If you haven't seen it already, the global media and spokespeople are already mocking and accusing India of crimes against its minorities and our own hypocrisy when calling out Pakistan, a certified terrorist nation. We have been blinded by our hatred for our minorities, and have allowed rapists, murderers and idiots to destroy India's global platform we built over decades of bipartisan vision and effort. Good luck to everyone, apologies for the alarmist language. Jai Hind

Vegetable_Land7566

naughtiest kid in the class being made the class-monitor.

mygouldianfinch

There was a period when other nations at least pretended to support India because they were wary of China. Now, that time is over. Only Godhi media will continue the 'Vishwaguru' rhetoric.

drdeepakjoseph

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Lol it's a rotation base seat. These people just lack education

Drama-Director

Libya also had the same positions and its UN mission was also allocated the same roles when the nation was under terror sympathizing and exporting dictator Gaddafi. Not once but twice.

These UN anti-terrorist committees have seen leadership from nations like Syria and Iran.

Since there is a Reservation system for regions and continents, African dictatorships like Sudan have used this power to declare their political opposition as _"Terrorists"_

This is a totally useless body. Nations try and use it to achieve their own diplomatic goals within the 1 year that they occupy this position.

Peacetime-Liberal

Monkey, Donkey and wise man have the same equal chance to get a seat if it's on a rotation basis. Isn't it ?

Acceptable-Menu5350

I think it is for one month only. What's there to celebrate about?

GovindaKeFan

What Dhruv Rathee has to do anything with this???

Sassy_Otter1

Ab sab ki rakhail ban jaoge to kuch to faeda hoga hi

blackybugs

comradeofsteel69

Saudi Arabia was given responsibility for women rights in UN... 

Giving responsibility to Pakistan for counterterrorism is same level of Sarcasm...

DhonduJustChilll

Choice_Lie9270

Dhruv rathi can not reest, he just randomly gets dragged into shit he has nothing to do with

i_am_________batman

It's just about perception, just like India's presidency of G20 was celebrated even though it was a rotational presidency. Point is about building a narrative on the home front and that's what helps the politicos win the elections.

Fabulous_Engine_2372

Who better to guard a treasure trove than a thief.

Haarryi

Electrical-Low7390

UN is very soft on terrorism. Just look at UNRWA, most of them have either worked for Hamas or sympathize with them.

vin20

They are playing the same game 
When we get G8 on rotation , paw paw was everywhere to take credit 
This time in G7 meet in Canada paw paw is still waiting for invite

Acrobatic_Fox_1057

bemema7190

I mean we were celebratong g20 and that too is on rotation basis

BlueLabel19

rationomirth_

Ambitious_Ad_2833

The irony of the situation and the illiteracy

PuzzleheadedEase2024

stop posting anything about Pakistan. you'll are giving too much light to them.

Nearby_Coast765

They planned the Pahelgam terrorist attack keeping this in mind so that they could derail any possible UN intervention.

lone_Ghatak

Winning what? 😂 Now they will be forced to stop sponsoring terrorism for few months ?

Present_Motor7244

We must be glad that we did not get that position, because everyone agrees that there are no terrorists in India as Pakistanis claim. Pakistani propaganda failed.

For so many years Pakistan got so many billions in funds to counter terrorism, but nothing happened.

May be if Pakistani fails to control terrorism, this may provide opportunity for western nations to take control. Pakis got the tigers tail now lets see how this goes.

More over the terrorists cannot be controlled there i guess. May be the ones who oppose that may get killed anytime.

machisman

Cultivate terrorists at home. Then go head a committe on anti terrorism. When the cop is a convicted muderer, the world is going to find out the hard way

SlothLazarus

Nothing , the deepstate at it again to ensure that we are kept in check. Especially after seeing that we have it in us to wreck havoc upon them.

HealthyDifficulty362

sugdi

I always thought Indian nationalist lives in delulu world but Pakistani’s more dumber than them lol 😂

Aromatic-Computer255

Danka baja rha hain bhay modi ka aur hamare kan fat lage hain inka danka sun sun ke

Beneficial_You_5978

What does this say about us?why did the UN  body take such a decision eventho we had submitted our case. Folks...What's the point am I missing here?

Does the UN think that India lied? United nations are not just Turkey Pakistan Azerbaijan and China.

NokiaN96AI

The state whose Defense Minister confesses to decades-long support for terrorists, whose Foreign Minister gloats of keeping 'TRF/LeT's name' out of UN statement on Pahalgam, which hid Osama next to its national Military Academy, that engages in global nuclear proliferation, is now heading the counter-terror panel. 

Must be all that 'decades-long' experience, eh. 

What a mountain of bull-excreta UN exposes itself to be. Again.

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