Meeting Tulia Ackson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, he discussed Kashmir, water conflicts and regional security
Pakistan’s parliamentary delegation, led by Senate President Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, meets with President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Dr Tulia Ackson. PHOTO: PAKISTAN’S PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UN ON
Senate President Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said violations of binding treaties were eroding respect for international law, during his meeting with the Inter-Parliamentary Union president on the sidelines of a United Nations event.
Violation of binding treaties erodes respect for international law: Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
Pakistan Parliamentary Delegation Led by Senate President Meets Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President
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According to a post state broadcaster Radio PakistanGilani made the remarks during a meeting with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Tulia Ackson on the sidelines of the IPU’s two-day annual parliamentary hearing at the United Nations in New York.
Accompanied by other members of the high-level parliamentary delegation, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, President of the Senate of Pakistan, met Ms. Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, on the sidelines of the two-day IPU parliamentary hearing at the United Nations.
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He said the non-implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, as well as what he described as India’s militarization of water, undermined international law, the United Nations Charter and the sanctity of international treaties, with serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.
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Terming India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty as a “dangerous precedent”, Gilani said the action was a blatant violation of international law and endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis.
On Afghanistan, Gilani said Pakistan was looking for a stable and prosperous neighbor but remained concerned about the use of Afghan soil for attacks against Pakistan. He said there was a pattern of militant violence emanating from Afghanistan, where groups such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the Baloch Liberation Army, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Khorasan operated, and said the Taliban had failed to meet its international counterterrorism obligations.
Ackson, for his part, praised Pakistan’s role in promoting dialogue in multilateral diplomacy, according to a communiqué of the meeting as well as in the message X of the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the official account of the UN.
