Pakistan calls for upholding UN Charter

Ambassador Asim Ahmad calls for greater adherence to international law against India's Indus Water Treaty breach

UNITED NATIONS:

Pakistan on Thursday called for the upholding and application of international law, including the core principles of the UN Charter, more 'consistently, courageously and faithfully' to protect rules-based order, with no selective compliance or legal exceptionalism.

Speaking at the International Law Year in Review 2026 Conference in Singapore, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN, drew attention to India's "illegal and unilateral" act of putting into abeyance the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which regulates water sharing between the two neighbours, as he urged a pushback against any erosion of treaty compliance.

Ambassador Asim Ahmad, who was addressing the concluding session of the Conference titled 'International Law in Action,' also advocated restraint over the use of force, and called for 'better and fuller' implementation of UN Security Council resolutions, according to a press release of the Pakistan Mission to the UN.

Ahmad emphasised the need for progressive development of international law in the face of new and emerging challenges.