<span style="color: #222222;">India today said, its vote on 6th of June in favour of the proposal submitted by Israel at the Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, of the UN should not in any way be construed as a vote against the Palestinian cause. <br />'' <br />'' On 6th of this month, India voted in favour of the proposal submitted by ECOSOC of the UN for further scrutiny by the Committee on NGOs of the application from an NGO 'Palestinian Association for Human Rights (Witness)' requesting consultative status. The proposal was submitted by Israel based on information that the NGO allegedly has close contacts with terrorist organizations.  <br />'' <br />'' External Affairs Ministry said India's vote in favour of the proposal is in line with its position on greater scrutiny by the NGO Committee of the consultative status applications for possible terrorist linkages and to screen the NGO applications with the sanctions list of the UN Security Council before granting them ECOSOC status.</span><br />''