New York: Pakistan has called on the international community “not to turn a blind eye” to the “war crimes” being committed in Indian Illegally Occupied and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) and Palestine, and highlighted the need to eliminate impunity and secure justice for the victims of grave injustices.
Crimes against humanity are among the most egregious violations of human rights, unsettling the very conscience of the international community,” Ambassador Usman Iqbal Jadoon, deputy permanent member of Pakistan to the UN, told the General Assembly’s Sixth (legal) Committee.
Taking part in the debate, on Crimes against Humanity, the envoy said Pakistan was “deeply concerned” about the current cycle of oppression, occupation, and violence in Palestine.
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“As we mark the awful one-year anniversary of Israel genocidal war against Palestinians, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen,” the envoy said, highlighting that this tragic situation was a direct outcome of over seven decades of unlawful Israeli occupation and disregard for global law, including General Assembly and UNSC resolutions affirming Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
