After Pakistan's request, UNSC to discuss post-Pahalgam situation in close-door meeting today

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to convene a closed-door meeting today to discuss the brewing tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack , which claimed the lives of 26 people in India. According to the statement shared by the council, the meeting was requested by Pakistan amid the diplomatic turmoil with India.

Pakistan has been saying that it will seek the help of the United Nations to deal with what it describes as “India’s aggressive actions, provocations, and provocative statements”. Pakistan currently sits as a non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation Security Council, which is being presided over by Greece for the month of May.

According to the statement, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, will deliver a statement at the Security Council stakeout area following the meeting on the afternoon of Monday, May 5, 2025.

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What is Pakistan planning to do?

In a statement released on Sunday, Pakistan’s foreign office said it would “specifically raise the issue of India's move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty , calling it an ‘illegal action’ that endangers ‘peace and security,” in the region.

Last month, Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris , Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and this month’s president of the UNSC has expressed concerns about the mounting tensions between Indian and Pakistan. However, he had sympathised with the Indian cause.

“We express our condolences to the governments of India, Nepal and the families of the victims,” Sekeris said while referring to the Pahalgam attack. “This is a matter of principle. We condemn terrorism in all its forms, wherever it happens. On the other hand, we are concerned about the mounting tensions in the region. Two very big countries. Of course, India is far bigger than Pakistan,” he added.

Following the attack, India announced a series of security measures against Pakistan. Some of them included expelling Pakistani diplomats, putting the Indus Water Treaty into abeyance and immediately shutting down the Attari border. India also shut its airspace to all flights operated by Pakistan and halted overall trade with Islamabad.

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In response to this, Pakistan came up with countermeasures , such as shutting down the airspace for Indian airlines. It also rejected India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, emphasising that the move to stop the water flow would be considered an “act of war”.

With inputs from agencies.