- Pakistan called for an end to the war and killings in Gaza.
- Akram says Palestinians are being bombed indiscriminately.
- He said, Pakistan strongly condemns the Israeli air strikes.
Pakistan on Saturday called for serious consideration of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) proposal to deploy a security force to protect Palestinian civilians in the besieged area and the West Bank.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Munir Akram made the call while speaking at the 10th Emergency Special UNGA Session in New York today.
His comments come as Israeli occupation forces are stepping up bombardment and a ground campaign in besieged Gaza, which has so far killed more than 7,700 Palestinians, including 3,500 children.
Following its extraordinary open-ended meeting held at the level of foreign ministers on 18 October, the OIC Executive Committee stressed the need to provide international protection for the Palestinian people in a final communiqué.
It says an international protection force should be sent to protect innocent people from continuing attacks by occupying forces and extremist colonizers.
In his address today, the Pakistani envoy called for an end to the war and killings in Gaza so that a durable two-state solution to the Palestine issue could be found. radio pakistan informed of.
Akram said: “The world is witnessing a humanitarian tragedy of epic proportions before our eyes. Palestinians are being bombed indiscriminately and without mercy or regret. Their essential lifelines – water, food, fuel – have been cut off “More than one million people have been internally displaced.”
The Ambassador said that 37 staff of the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in Palestine have tragically lost their lives.
He said Pakistan strongly and unequivocally condemns the Israeli air strikes and systematic and barbaric crimes against Palestinians.
“These Israeli attacks on civilians, civilian objects and infrastructure, the blockade of water, food and fuel, as well as the forced transfer of people from the occupied territory, are gross violations of international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
Akram called for reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people under international law to struggle by all possible means, including armed struggle, to secure their independence from foreign occupation and exercise their right to self-determination.
He said that in the context of this war, some kind of accountability mechanism should also be considered because the crimes being committed cannot go unpunished.
He also underlined the need to consider ways to prevent the recurrence of this genocide.
