India’s Ministry of External Affairs informed that the TIME’s Article about Child Marriage is baseless.
TIME had reported that India is not interested in helping the U.N. stop child marriages.
India is not interested in helping the U.N. stop child marriages | http://t.co/lxcj4OkjD0
— TIME.com (@TIME) October 14, 2013
Time had reported below news with title “India Snubs U.N. on Child-Bride Resolution”
Country with world’s largest number of underage marriages fails to sign document calling for end to the practice
India has failed to sign a U.N.-led resolution that calls for the elimination of early marriage. The first of its kind, the proposal, initiated by the U.N. Human Rights Council and supported by 107 countries, calls for the ending of child marriage to become part of the global development agenda after 2015.
Syed Akbaruddin, Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, India informed that the TIME’s Article about Child Marriage is baseless.
. @dejaegar @TIME Obviously you have got it wrong. India had supported adoption. Resolution was adopted last month!!
— Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbarMEA) October 14, 2013
Akbar had conveyed below messages thro’ his Twitter account.
Absolutely wrong to say we rejected resolution. India was party to consensual adoption of resolution.
Obviously entirely baseless. India supported resolution which was adopted last month.
@TIME Obviously you have got it wrong. India had supported adoption. Resolution was adopted last month!!
Resolutions are not signed. They are adopted. The resolution was adopted by consensus.
Resolutions are adopted not signed. The resolution was adopted by consensus. None oppposed.
The resolution was adopted unanimously by all countries.
Resolutions do not need signatories.
Hope @Time rechecks its facts. India had supported adoption of resolution which was adopted last month.
Resolution was adopted unanimously by all including India on 29 Sept !!
Resolutions do not require signature. They are adopted. Resolution adopted unanimously.
Resolution was unanimously adopted. Absolutely wrong to say India did not support it.
Update
TIME had abruptly changed the content by replacing “support” with “co-sponsor” as below without adding any edit note.
India recently supported the adoption of a U.N.-led resolution that calls for the elimination of early marriage, although rights groups criticized it for not co-sponsoring the resolution. The first of its kind, the proposal, initiated by the U.N. Human Rights Council and co-sponsored by 107 countries, calls for the ending of child marriage to become part of the global development agenda after 2015.
