UN’s counter-terror machinery should not be politicised: Maleeha

Envoy says violence in Kashmir and Palestine should be the focus of international attention

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi on Friday said that sanctions regimes should not be used as political tools to advance geopolitical goals, Radio Pakistan reported.

Speaking during a debate in the UN Security Council, Lodhi said the politicisation of the UN’s counter-terrorism machinery would only compromise the integrity of the system.



The Pakistani envoy emphasised upon the need to make these institutions more inclusive of wider membership in their decision-making processes.

According to Maleeha Lodhi, the focus of international attention should be the continuous violence in Indian-occupied Kashmir and Palestine and the oppression of people who are struggling for their legitimate right to self-determination.