Dar calls for an immediate and unconditional truce from Gaza to the UN

Dar-foreign minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, ISHAQ DAR on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council (USC) on Wednesday to urgently pursue an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory.

He was addressed to the open debate of the CSNU on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, where he warned that what the world has witnessed in the last nine months “is not only a humanitarian disaster, but a collapse of humanity itself”.

“Gaza has become a cemetery for an innocent life as well as for international law-in particular international humanitarian law,” he said. “More than 58,000 Palestinians – including most women and children – were killed in the brutal military assault on Israel,” he added.

DAR highlighted the worsening of the food crisis in the besieged enclave, citing UN characters who show that a third of the Gaza population spends several days without eating – an indicator of catastrophic levels of food insecurity.

Calling the Palestinian question a “decisive test” for the credibility of the United Nations and the Security Council, he warned that not to maintain the rights of the Palestinian people would encourage impunity and weaken the legitimacy of the international order.

DAR reaffirmed the support of the principles of Pakistan to the Palestinian cause, reiterating the call of Islamabad to the establishment of a viable, sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state along the fronts of 1967, with al-Quds al-Sharif as capital. This, he said, remains the only fair and lasting solution approved by the Security Council and the resolutions of the General Assembly, the Arab Peace Initiative and the consensual position of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

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He underlined the need for urgent humanitarian access to Gaza, stressing the importance of secure, supported and underside of civilians. The protection of humanitarian workers, medical and United Nations staff must also be assured, he added.

DAR called for immediate measures to restore the lines of assistance supply and prevent famine from settling in the besieged territory. He also urged the international community to strengthen the support of UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for helping Palestinian refugees, which he described as essential to the survival of millions.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs demanded the end of the forced displacement of the Palestinians, as well as the continuous expansion of the illegal colonies and the annexation of the occupied territory, in particular in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. He warned that such actions were in direct violation of international law and risked destabilizing the region more.

Stressing the importance of post-conflict rehabilitation and rehabilitation in Gaza, it welcomed the Arab reconstruction plan and led by the OIC as a vital framework to reconstruct the means of subsistence, restore dignity and allow long-term sustainable development.

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The DPM also called in the rebirth of a real political process limited in time aimed at achieving a solution to two states just, complete and sustainable in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.

On broader regional issues, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Pakistan had supported the stabilization of Syria thanks to an inclusive political process. He called Israel to immediately withdraw from the separation area established under the 1974 disengagement agreement and the occupied Syrian Heights, in accordance with the resolutions of the CSNU 242, 338 and 497.

Referring to Lebanon, he declared that resolution 1701 and understanding of the ceasefire must be confirmed, while the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country must be respected. He also reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for the peace process led by non-manager in Yemen and praised the roles of Saudi Arabia and Oman to facilitate dialogue.

DAR welcomed an increasing international dynamic for the Palestinian State and the Complete UN members, reiterating Pakistan’s support for such efforts. He said that the time had come to give the Palestinian people what had long refused them: justice, freedom, dignity and their own state. This, he added, was the only way to peace and lasting stability in the Middle East.