Pakistan young leader criticises UN over failure to resolve Kashmir dispute

UN has failed to solve big issues which are leading world toward destruction, says Ahsan Kamray on UN 75th anniversary

KARACHI:

Pakistan’s young leader and activist Ahsan Kamray has criticised the United Nations for its failure to resolve the long-standing Kashmir and Palestine disputes “which are taking world towards destruction”.

He was addressing a virtual event to mark 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and also the International Youth Day 2020, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

The event was joined by UN volunteers and prominent human rights activists, peace activists and change-makers from Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Iraq, Egypt, Australia and Nigeria.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the video message of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was shared in which he admired the youth for doing positive efforts for the betterment of the world.

Kamray was selected to speak from Pakistan on his work for humanity, peace, interfaith harmony and youth activism.

While addressing the event, he emphasised to disarm the world in order to have a better world in 2045 when the United Nations will be celebrating its 100 years.

Criticising the role of the UN Kamray said: “The UN has somehow failed to solve big issues which are leading the world towards destruction. The UN is celebrating its 75th anniversary while Palestinians and Kashmiris are looking towards the UN for help.”

“Kashmir is the heaviest military zone in the world and India has violated the UN resolutions. How can we dream of a better world in 2045 when the United Nations cannot implement on its own resolutions,” he raised a question.

Pakistan wants to solve the Kashmir issue according to the resolutions of the United Nations, Kamray said, adding that both the conflicts must be resolved for the world peace.

SDGs

Talking about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda 2030, the young Pakistani leader said no remarkable work has been done to accomplish them.

“UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres showed his concern while launching the SDG6 global acceleration framework last month that by 2040, one in four of the world’s children under 18, approximately 600 million in total, will be living in areas of high water stress but the world is off-track,” he said.

Kamray also said Pakistan’s 60 per cent population consists of youth and Prime Minster Imran Khan-led government has taken several measures to empower them by giving free education, free professional, technical and vocational trainings.

He said government’s Kamyab Jawan Program is promoting entrepreneurship by giving youth interest free loans.

“If our government continues to invest more on youth, then I can say the youth of Pakistan will be better off in 2045 than today”, he said.

“I stand by the United Nations to make it independent, democratic, powerful and accountable so that the issues of under developed and developing countries can be resolved.”