{"id":22353,"date":"2023-11-08T00:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-seeks-early-implementation-of-ungas-gaza-truce-resolution\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T00:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:41:03","slug":"pakistan-seeks-early-implementation-of-ungas-gaza-truce-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-seeks-early-implementation-of-ungas-gaza-truce-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks early implementation of UNGA\u2019s Gaza truce resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GENEVA: Pakistan has called for the early implementation of the recent UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution seeking \u201chumanitarian truce\u201d in Gaza in view of the continued Security Council\u2019s failure to even call for a ceasefire. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambassador Munir Akram, while seeking early implementation of the recent UN General Assembly resolution seeking \u201chumanitarian truce\u201d in Gaza, underlined the role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in conflict resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ICJ\u2019s role is even more vital today when threats to the peace, stability and prosperity are proliferating; when the use or threat of use of force is frequent and widespread; when occupation persists for decades; when the right to self-determination is an unfulfilled promise for many peoples,\u201d Munir Akram said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enduring tragedy of Palestine vividly illustrates these formidable challenges, rendered even more poignant by the continued failure of the Security Council to even call for a ceasefire to stop the slaughter in Gaza,\u201d the Pakistan envoy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe, therefore, urge the Secretary General for the early implementation of the resolution entitled \u2018Protection of Civilians and Upholding Legal and Humanitarian Obligations\u2019 recently adopted by the General Assembly during its tenth Emergency Special Session on Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jordanian-led resolution, co-sponsored by Pakistan, was adopted by a vote of 121 in favour to 14 against, with 44 abstentions. It called for \u201can immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce\u201d in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.<\/p>\n

In this context, Ambassador Akram said that a 1970 international declaration enjoining member states to abstain from any forcible action that denies peoples their right to self-determination, freedom, and independence, has gained \u201crenewed significance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Under international law, he said, the struggle for self-determination and liberation from foreign occupation was deemed legitimate, adding that it was the suppression of the struggle that was illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile states retain the right to self-defence, those unlawfully occupying foreign territories cannot justify their actions under the pretense of \u2018self-defence\u2019,\u201d the Pakistan envoy said, referring to the Israeli claims that it is acting in self-defence following the October 7 attacks.<\/p>\n

Pakistan, he said, \u201ceagerly anticipates ICJ\u2019s advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Ambassador Akram said Pakistan believed that the ICJ could and must play a pivotal role in the resolution of conflicts and disputes through unbiased conclusions based on international law.<\/p>\n

To that end, he said, its jurisdiction should be made mandatory for issues that are on the Security Council\u2019s agenda and where resolutions of the Council remain unimplemented.<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan will continue to uphold the role and functions of the ICJ as an indispensable pillar in the international legal framework, upholding the principles of the Charter of the United Nations for the pursuit of global peace and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel has relentlessly bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip, levelling entire city blocks and killing thousands, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has said that 10,328 people in the besieged enclave have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. The figure includes 4,237 children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n