Security threat: Global strategy required to defeat IS, says Maleeha
Maleeha Lodhi urges UN Security Council to adopt a resolution for establishing an independent state of Palestine
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NEW YORK:
Pakistan has called the UN Security Council to draw up a comprehensive strategy to defeat the Islamic State militant group that poses a security threat to the world. It also called for urgency to settle the Palestinian question.
Welcoming the landmark Iran nuclear deal, she said if fully implemented it could not only contribute to nuclear non-proliferation but also regional stability, cooperation and economic growth.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2015.
Pakistan has called the UN Security Council to draw up a comprehensive strategy to defeat the Islamic State militant group that poses a security threat to the world. It also called for urgency to settle the Palestinian question.
Participating in a debate at the UN Security Council, Pakistani envoy Maleeha Lodhi pointed out that the Islamic State, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria, posed a spreading threat to security across the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.
She said a comprehensive strategy is needed military, political, economic and social to defeat this movement, motivated by an ideology of hate and gruesome violence.
“This body, as the prime custodian of international peace and security, must take its responsibility seriously,” the Pakistani envoy told the council, which debated the Middle East situation.
Welcoming the landmark Iran nuclear deal, she said if fully implemented it could not only contribute to nuclear non-proliferation but also regional stability, cooperation and economic growth.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2015.