Jammu and Kashmir has never been on the UN agenda of ''Right of Peoples to Self-determination'' and Pakistan has been making "frantic attempts" to gain credibility for its "territorial greed", India said in a strong response to Islamabad at a General Assembly committee after it raked up the Kashmir issue.

Pakistan's outgoing UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi raked up the Kashmir issue at a General Assembly committee, which deals with social,humanitarian affairs and human rights issues, saying Kashmiris have been waiting for their inalienable right to self-determination as promised by 11 Security Council resolutions.

"The agenda of the right of peoples toself-determination, however, has been sought to be misused once again by onedelegation, by conflating it with another situation that does not pertain tothe decolonisation or foreign domination context.

"This delegation has been making frantic attempts togain credibility for its territorial greed and has demonstrated no hesitationin sabotaging this important agenda by callously referring to Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India," First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi said Wednesday during the GeneralAssembly's Third Committee discussion on ''Right of peoples toself-determination.''Ms Tripathi retorted, saying the "truth is that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir has never been on the United Nations 'Right ofpeoples to self-determination'' agenda."

"A cursory reading of the document contained inA/74/309 makes it clear that the agenda for self-determination, as envisaged bythe UN, does not include Jammu and Kashmir," she said, making a referenceto the Report of the Secretary-General on the universal realisation of theright of peoples to self-determination.

Ms Tripathi asserted that even the UN Security Councilresolutions that "this delegation" has a penchant for invoking havenever framed Jammu and Kashmir as a self-determination issue in the UNparlance."This Committee, therefore, has been cautious against suchattempts of letting this forum being misused for propaganda," she said.

In her remarks, Ms Tripathi also noted that India, as aformer colony, has always been in the forefront at the United Nations insupporting the right of peoples to self-determination. "Self-determinationin the UN context refers to the rights of people that have been colonised orcontinue to be under foreign domination. It clearly refers to the peoples ofnon self-governing territories or trust territories," she said.

Further, she said the UN has established that the principleof self-determination is a vehicle for decolonisation, not a justification forsecession or undermining territorial integrity of any Member State. Whilesubstantial progress has been achieved in implementing this agenda, somesituations continue to be unresolved."In this context, India stronglysupports to the right of self-determination of Palestinian people," shesaid.Ms Tripathi voiced concern that in an interconnected world, social mediahas emerged a platform for amplifying racial hatred and discriminatory ideaswhat were otherwise fringe opinions.

"This trend, if unchecked, can challenge socialcohesion. States must intensify efforts to prevent and combat racial hatred anddiscrimination, taking into consideration the balance between safeguardingfreedom of expression and advocacy of hatred leading to racial discriminationand violence," she said, adding that partnerships with private sector andcivil society are critical in this context.