Pakistan calls for just, lasting resolution of Kashmir dispute
- By Web Desk -
- May 02, 2019
NEW YORK: At the United Nations, Pakistan has called for a just and lasting resolution of the Kashmir dispute along with the Palestine issue to promote international peace and security, Radio Pakistan reported.
Speaking in the 15-member council’s debate on the situation in the Middle East, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, pointed out that these disputes remained on the agenda of the UN almost since its inception.
She said, “It is indeed regrettable that the international community and the UN have been unable to realize just and lasting solutions to these problems.”
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Maleeha Lodhi further said, “The systematic erosion of established norms of international law and the fundamental principles of the UN Charter has seriously undermined the council’s ability to resolve these disputes and has worsened an already fragile environment in the Middle East.”
Citing unilateral decisions aimed at eroding the longstanding international consensus on the status of Jerusalem and recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan, Lodhi warned the Security Council that such measures deal a blow to the rule of international law and frustrate the international community’ efforts to find long-term and peaceful solutions.