Pakistan's draft reaffirming peoples' self-determination right adopted at UN
The Pakistan-sponsored resolution was co-sponsored by a record 75 countries‚ and was adopted with consensus.
UNITED NATIONS:
Days after being elected onto the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world body adopted a Pakistan-sponsored draft resolution on reaffirming the universal realisation of right to self-determination as a fundamental condition for effective guarantee of human rights, Radio Pakistan reported.
A committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming that the universal realisation of the right to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee of human rights.
The resolution was co-sponsored by a record 75 countries‚ and was adopted with consensus.
The resolution serves to focus the world's attention to the struggle by peoples for their inalienable right to self-determination‚ including those in Kashmir and Palestine.
The resolution also declares the 193-member General Assembly's firm opposition to foreign military intervention‚ aggression and occupation.
Introducing the draft‚ Pakistani delegate Marghoob Saleem Butt highlighted the importance of right of self-determination that enjoys primacy in international law and is the cornerstone of the UN Charter and two international Covenants.
Days after being elected onto the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world body adopted a Pakistan-sponsored draft resolution on reaffirming the universal realisation of right to self-determination as a fundamental condition for effective guarantee of human rights, Radio Pakistan reported.
A committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming that the universal realisation of the right to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee of human rights.
The resolution was co-sponsored by a record 75 countries‚ and was adopted with consensus.
The resolution serves to focus the world's attention to the struggle by peoples for their inalienable right to self-determination‚ including those in Kashmir and Palestine.
The resolution also declares the 193-member General Assembly's firm opposition to foreign military intervention‚ aggression and occupation.
Introducing the draft‚ Pakistani delegate Marghoob Saleem Butt highlighted the importance of right of self-determination that enjoys primacy in international law and is the cornerstone of the UN Charter and two international Covenants.