India Objects to UN Map Over Kashmir Border Lines
India has raised an objection over a new world map published by the United Nations. India says the map does not correctly show Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as parts of its territory.
According to India, the map fails to show its borders in the correct way. Indian officials have told the UN that the map must be changed to match India's own official maps of the region.
Pakistan has strongly reacted to India's objection. Pakistan has again used its old argument that Kashmir is a disputed region, not fully part of India.
The Shahbaz Sharif government in Pakistan responded quickly after India's statement about the UN map. Pakistan continues to say that the status of Kashmir has not been settled.
Kashmir has been a source of conflict between India and its neighbour Pakistan for decades. Both countries claim the region, and each shows it differently on their own maps.
This is not the first time a map has caused tension between the two countries. Maps of Kashmir often become political issues because they show different versions of who controls which area.
The disagreement over the UN map shows how deep the Kashmir dispute still runs, more than seventy years after it first began between the two neighbouring countries.
Vocabulary10 words
- objection
- a formal statement saying you disagree
- territory
- land that belongs to a country
- borders
- lines that show where a country ends
- argument
- reasons given to support an opinion
- disputed
- claimed by more than one side
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- neighbour
- a country next to another country
- tension
- a feeling of stress between groups
- conflict
- a serious disagreement, sometimes with fighting
- status
- the official position or state of something
Quiz
Answer key
1. A new UN map showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh incorrectly 2. By repeating its old argument that Kashmir is disputed 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
India has raised an _____ over a new world map published by the United Nations. India says the map does not correctly show Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as parts of its territory.
According to India, the map fails to show its _____ in the correct way. Indian officials have told the UN that the map must be changed to match India's own official maps of the region.
Pakistan has strongly reacted to India's objection. Pakistan has again used its old _____ that Kashmir is a disputed region, not fully part of India.
The Shahbaz Sharif _____ in Pakistan responded quickly after India's statement about the UN map. Pakistan continues to say that the status of Kashmir has not been settled.
Kashmir has been a source of conflict between India and its _____ Pakistan for decades. Both countries claim the region, and each shows it differently on their own maps.
This is not the first time a map has caused _____ between the two countries. Maps of Kashmir often become political issues because they show different versions of who controls which area.