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Summary The US Envoy to the UN expressed his displeasure over Pakistans stance at the UN.
The United States had expressed reservation about Pakistan’s dissenting position at the UN against US interests, revealed a previously unreleased WikiLeaks cable.The cable dispatched by former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton in 2006, reads: “Pakistan’s rivalry with India and its desire to block a permanent Indian seat on the UN Security Council, often put it in direct opposition to the US policies. A statistical analysis of Pakistan’s voting record at the UNGA illustrates this point.Pakistan’s voting correlation with the US in the UNGA has been on a downward trend since 1996. From 2001-2005, Pakistan’s overall voting correlation with the US was 21.9 percent.”The ambassador added Pakistan’s actions at the UN may embolden other member states to oppose US positions when they see a friend of the US doing the same with impunity. Another cable says Pakistan, which undoubtedly sees counterterrorism at the UN through the prism of Kashmir, in addition to its credentials as a Muslim state, has long been a leader among the OIC in opposing US counter terrorism positions through indirect criticism of the US policies. Bolton seems clearly offended by Pakistani Envoy at the UN, Muneer Akram, saying that Akram led Syria and Iran, among others, to oppose any counter terrorism strategy unless there was agreement on all elements.Arguing that exclusion of controversial issues would not produce a comprehensive strategy, Pakistan insisted on an exception for national liberation movements and a reference to state terrorism.The US envoy was of the view that Pakistan was pulling strings to enhance its influence on developing and Asian countries, which was harming the interests of the West and the Security Council.
