145. Editorial Note
On June 22, 1962, the U.N. Security Council met to conclude the debate on Kashmir which grew out of the initial request by Pakistan on January 11 for a meeting of the Council to consider the issue. (See Document 89.) Frederick H. Boland, Ireland’s Representative to the Council, submitted a draft resolution that made reference to earlier resolutions adopted by the Council concerning Kashmir and, in light of those resolutions, urged India and Pakistan to enter into direct negotiations to seek a settlement to the dispute. (U.N. Document S/5134) After a lengthy debate, in which the Indian and Pakistani Representatives repeated well-established positions, the Council voted in favor of the resolution by a vote of 7-2, with 2 abstentions. (U.N. Document S/PV.1016) The United States voted in favor of the resolution, which was vetoed by the negative vote cast by the Representative of the Soviet Union.
In India, Prime Minister Nehru reacted to the Security Council vote in a statement made on June 23 during a foreign policy debate in the Indian Parliament. Nehru expressed “deep regret and sorrow” that the United States and the United Kingdom should “almost invariably be against us” on subjects like Goa and Kashmir. He stated that the Kashmir debate had “hurt and injured” India, and had created “doubt in our minds about the goodwill” of the United States and the United Kingdom toward India. (Telegram 4165 from New Delhi, June 24; Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/6-2462)