Pakistan has called on the United Nations Security Council to take \u201cbold decisions\u201d to secure the compliance of States with the U.N. Charter\u2019s principles and its own decisions such as to grant the right of self-determination to the people of Kashmir and Palestine.
\n\u201cThe Council has various means available to it, under the Charter, to secure such compliance,\u201d Ambassador Munir Akram told the 15-member Council on Monday.
\nSpeaking in an open day-long debate on \u2018effective multilateralism\u201d, the Pakistani envoy suggested that the UN Secretary-General should prepare an annual review of situations on Council\u2019s agenda where its resolutions were being violated or remain unimplemented.
\n\u201cProtestations of commitment to the UN Charter ring hollow when no action is taken to redress these blatant violations of the UN Charter and resolutions of the Security Council on the two issues on the agenda of the Security Council,\u201d he added
\nThe debate was sponsored by Russia, which holds the rotating Council presidency for the month of April. The session was a prominent appearance for Sergei Lavrov, who appeared at U.N. headquarters in New York, his first visit to the United States since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began 14 months ago that saw him sparring with Western diplomats on the conflict.
\n\u201cToday,\u201d Ambassador Akram said, \u201cInternational peace and security confront multiple threats, arising from violations of the principles of the UN Charter; great power rivalries; a renewed global arms race, including in new domains and weapons; proliferating conflicts and disputes; spreading terrorism, hate and Islamophobia; organized crime; rising poverty; and growing climate impacts.\u201d
\n\u201cA prime illustration of derogation from the Charter and Security Council resolutions is the situation in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where the exercise of the right to self-determination by the Kashmiri people, prescribed by the Security Council, has been subverted and suppressed by India through seven decades of force and fraud; another is the situation in occupied Palestine,\u201d the Pakistani envoy said.
\nWarning that an uncontrolled arms race \u2014 which now encompasses several new weapons and new domains of competition \u2014 will, sooner or later, lead to a disastrous conflict involving States armed to the teeth, Ambassador Akram urged the United Nations to take the lead in reviving the process of arms control and disarmament.
\nHe said effective multilateralism could only be built on the foundation of strong international institutions. In this regard, he called for the Council to be enlarged and become more representative, accountable, democratic, transparent and effective, rather than an enlarged club of the large and powerful States.
\n\u201cEffective multilateralism, in short, must be comprehensive, inclusive and equitable,\u201d the Pakistani envoy said, promising to promote it, including in the preparations for the Summit of the Future next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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