FM seeks UN intervention on Kashmir
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the United Nations to exercise its legal and political authority to ensure full implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir.
He was addressing a ceremony in connection with the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in Islamabad Friday.
The Foreign Minister said it is deplorable that universal ideals of UN Charter are continuously being violated and defied with impunity nowhere more egregiously than in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said led by ‘Hindutva’ ideology, the BJP-RSS regime in India is incessantly resorting to aggressive posturing against Pakistan and other neighbouring countries that seriously imperils regional peace and security.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the UN Day reminds us of our collective responsibility to abide by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and lends an opportunity to renew our commitment to the noble ideals enshrined in it.
The Foreign Minister reiterated Pakistan’s firm and abiding commitment to multilateralism, with the United Nations playing a central role.
He said Pakistan’s contribution to the UN Peacekeeping is one of the most visible manifestations of our commitment to multilateralism.
Pakistan is one of the longest-serving and largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping. Since 1960, we have contributed over 200,000 peacekeepers to 46 Peacekeeping Missions around the world.
The Foreign Minister said Pakistan also continues to co-host one of the oldest Peacekeeping Missions – the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.
He said Pakistan also continues to host 3 million registered and unregistered Afghan refugees, which remains one of the most protracted refugee crises in the world.
While talking about Corona Pandemic, the Foreign Minister said Pakistan is one of the few countries which have successfully restricted the spread of Coronavirus.
He said our Government followed a strategy of smart lockdowns to ensure that we save people from dying from the virus, and from dying from hunger.
He said in the same vein, Pakistan was also able to combat the threat of Desert Locust, the worst of its kind in more than 25 years.
He commended the role of the World Health Organization, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and other financial institutions in helping the Government to calibrate its response for overcoming these two emergencies, simultaneously.
