India Hits Back at Pakistan at the UN Over Kargil War Soldiers
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India spoke strongly against Pakistan at the United Nations.
India said Pakistan did not take back the bodies of its own soldiers.
This happened after the Kargil War between India and Pakistan.
India said it buried the soldiers because Pakistan left them.
An official from the UN also spoke about this topic.
This person is called a rapporteur.
A rapporteur studies problems and tells the UN about them.
India used this fact to answer Pakistan's words at the UN.
India said it treated the dead soldiers with respect.
The two countries often argue at the UN.
This is one more example of their disagreement.
Vocabulary15 words
- United Nations
- a big group of countries that talk about world problems together
- Kargil War
- a war between India and Pakistan in 1999
- rapporteur
- a person chosen by the UN to study and report on a problem
- bodies
- the dead body of a person
- soldiers
- people who fight for their country's army
- accept
- to take or agree to receive something
- bury
- to put a dead body into the ground
- official
- a person who has an important job in a government or group
- respect
- to treat someone or something in a good, careful way
- argue
- to talk angrily because people do not agree
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
- countries
- places with their own government and people
- spoke strongly
- to say something with a lot of feeling
- topic
- the subject people are talking about
- disagreement
- when people do not have the same opinion
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1. At the United Nations 2. Pakistan did not accept them 3. True
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India spoke strongly against Pakistan at the _____.
India said Pakistan did not take back the bodies of its own _____.
This happened after the _____ between India and Pakistan.
India said it _____ the soldiers because Pakistan left them.
An _____ from the UN also spoke about this topic.
This person is called a _____.
India used this fact to answer Pakistan's words at the _____.
India said it treated the dead soldiers with _____.
The two countries often _____ at the UN.
This is one more example of their _____.
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