UN rights chief urges Pak, India to uphold ceasefire
The United Nations flag flies at half-mast at the European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 13, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on Pakistan and India to uphold the ceasefire following their recent four-day conflict, and to restore "essential" water-sharing arrangements between the two South Asian countries.
"I urge both India and Pakistan to ensure the ceasefire holds, to prevent hateful rhetoric and disinformation, and to re-establish essential water sharing arrangements," Turk told the Human Rights Council as he presented his annual report to the 47-member body in Geneva on Monday.
His call for restoring water-sharing arrangements was aimed at India which suspended the1960 Indus waters treaty governing water sharing with Pakistan.