Jammu and Kashmir "was, is and shall forever"remain an integral part of India, a top Indian diplomat said at the UN HumanRights Council's meeting here on Wednesday, a day after Pakistan sought theinternational community's intervention on the Kashmir issue.

Speaking at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Councilwhich is being held here in Switzerland from February 24 to March 20, VikasSwarup, Secretary (West), the Ministry of External Affairs, described Pakistanas the epicentre of global terrorism.

He called for decisive action against states who direct,control, fund and shelter terrorists, in an obvious reference to Pakistan,which is accused by its neighbours of providing safe havens to terror groups.His remarks came a day after Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights ShireenMazari on Tuesday alleged that India continues to violate the human rights ofthe Kashmiri people and demanded the immediate repeal of all actions by Indiaon August 5 last year.

India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmirunder Article 370 on August 5 and bifurcated it into two Union territories.Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India hasasserted that the abrogation of Article 370 was its "internalmatter". New Delhi has also asked Islamabad to accept the reality and stopits anti-India rhetoric.