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Akram

lines on the record: 1,374
first: 2002-06-13
most recent: 2023-12-20
sittings or episodes: 175
sources: un-security-council

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“Any process of engagement with the Afghan interim Government must be constituted on the basis of its response to the core concerns of the international community: respect for human rights, particularly the rights of women and girls; political inclusivity; and action to neutralize the terrorist organizations in Afghanistan — not only Da’esh but also the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and other entities — that threaten the security of Afghanistan’s neighbours. Pakistan will participate in the Secretary- General’s revived Doha format, and we hope that consensus will be reached on the recommendations of the report submitted by the Special Coordinator. The meeting rose at 12.10. p.m.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“That is in addition to the 60,000 or more who have been waiting for two years to be relocated to third countries, and we urge those third countries to accelerate their process in order to receive those people, who they have agreed to receive, and lighten the burden on Pakistan. We hope that the assessment of Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu will enable the Security Council and all relevant stakeholders in the international community to adopt a comprehensive, long-term and realistic road map for Afghanistan’s normalization.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“The current plan to repatriate the illegal foreigners is an unavoidable compulsion on Pakistan arising from its legitimate security, economic and social concerns. However, the plan is being implemented in as humane a way as possible. There is no forcible return except for a number of Afghan criminals in our jails. More than 98 per cent of the more than 244,000 Afghans who departed through Torkham last month were voluntary returns. The Chaman crossing has a similar pattern. We have made exceptions for those who have proof of registration, for those who have the Afghan citizenship card and, now, also for those who are considered vulnerable.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“After 40 years, we continue to host 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees with little or no support from the international community. Since the Afghan interim Government claims that peace has been restored in Afghanistan, it should work with the High Commissioner for Refugees to make preparations for the early repatriation of those Afghan refugees. There are another 2.2 million Afghans who are undocumented and illegally present in Pakistan. Those include 700,000 who crossed into Pakistan after the Taliban takeover. Besides the security threat posed by terrorist sleeper cells, many of those illegals are involved in drug trafficking, operate property mafias and commit other crimes, and the inflow of such large numbers has had a negative impact on Pakistan’s economy and job market.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“The Council should invigorate the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) to secure action by the Afghan interim Government against all those terrorist groups in Afghanistan and empower the monitoring team to analyse and inform the Committee and the Council about progress made in the context of counter-terrorism in Afghanistan. Any process of engagement with the Afghan interim Government should be conducted on the basis of the action that it takes against those terrorist organizations or else we will see the recurrence and proliferation of terrorism from Afghanistan, as happened prior to 9/11, threatening not only the region but also the entire world. Pakistan has indeed paid an enormous price for its 40 years of generosity towards Afghanistan.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“Those attacks have become more lethal and sophisticated since the TTP terrorists acquired and began using advanced military equipment. Those weapons obviously originate from the considerable stocks left behind by foreign forces. Yet the question is, how did the TTP, a listed terrorist organization, secure those weapons? Pakistan demands that the United Nations, either the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan or another agency, conduct a thorough investigation to elicit how those weapons got in the hands of the TTP and to identify ways of retrieving them. It is clear that the TTP has been given free rein to conduct cross-border attacks against Pakistan’s border outposts and other installations. We also have clear evidence that the TTP receives support from our main adversary.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“While the interim authorities have reported some success in the fight against Da’esh, the fact is that a number of terrorist groups are living in Afghanistan evidently under the protection of the Afghan interim Government. Pakistan in particular faces a major threat from Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The TTP and its affiliates have been responsible for carrying out a series of organized cross-border terrorist attacks on our soil, causing considerable loss for our civilians and soldiers and causing considerable damage to our military and other installations. We have lost hundreds of our brave soldiers and civilians in those attacks just this year alone. And last week, a TTP-affiliated group carried out a heinous attack on our security personnel in Dera Ismail Khan, resulting in the loss of more than 23 precious lives.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, while opium cultivation has been reduced by 95 per cent, there is an urgent need to provide support for alternative crop production to sustain farmers’ livelihoods and prevent a reversal of the gains that have been made. However, the two issues with regard to which the Afghan interim Government must implement its obligations are, first, the restrictions that have been placed on women’s and girls’ right to education and work. Those edicts must be reversed. Some pragmatic solutions are possible. Pakistan will continue to work to develop such possible solutions. Secondly, it must implement its obligations with regard to the continued presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, which constitutes the most significant threat to Afghanistan and to the entire region and perhaps the world.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“Yet the humanitarian response plan, which aims to help 21.3 million Afghans, remains severely underfunded at 35 per cent. We hope that the donor States will respond generously to the Secretary-General’s appeal to help the destitute people in Afghanistan. Secondly, the Afghan economy remains fragile largely owing to liquidity challenges, a dysfunctional banking system and irregular cash flows with no safeguards against terrorist financing. Smuggling into Pakistan through transit trade has also been a major problem, which we have stopped now. Pakistan supports early implementation of reconstruction and the regional connectivity projects in Afghanistan.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“As noted in the Secretary General’s report, the Afghan interim authorities have further consolidated their control of Afghanistan across all spheres of governance and brought some modicum of stability to the country. Yet, Afghanistan presents a complex and enduring challenge. On the positive side, law and order has improved, opium cultivation has been reduced by 95 per cent, action against Da’esh is being taken, corruption has declined, notably and efforts are being made to operate the economy through domestic revenue collection and local budgets. Afghanistan’s trade with its neighbours, including transit trade, has also increased significantly. However, there are serious challenges. First, Pakistan has been the main artery for the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Ecuadorian delegation on your successful presidency of the Security Council this month. Pakistan welcomes this debate on Afghanistan. I would like to thank Special Representative Rosa Otunbayeva for her cogent briefing to the Council. We note the Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/941) on the latest developments in Afghanistan. Pakistan conveys its appreciation to the United Nations Special Coordinator, Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu, for his work on the independent assessment report (S/2023/856, annex). We also commend the leadership role of Ambassador Nusseibeh and the United Arab Emirates delegation as the co-penholder on Afghanistan this year. Peace in Afghanistan is a strategic imperative for Pakistan.”
2023-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9515 (2023) · source
“The Global Development Initiative, launched by President Xi Jinping three years ago, provides an important vehicle to promote the realization of the development objectives that I have listed. China’s successful experience provides an invaluable template for rapid development in the global South. Pakistan will work vigorously in the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative to realize our agreed development aspirations and goals, especially at the forthcoming Summit of the Future, and thereby construct a common future of prosperity and peace for all humankind.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The pledges and commitments made under that declaration must be implemented, in particular to expand concessional financing and grant development financing, rechannel the unutilized special drawing rights (SDRs), provide urgent debt relief, allocate new development-linked SDRs, adopt an equitable international tax treaty, halt illicit financial flows, reform the international financial architecture, revive international trade as an engine of growth and development, meet climate commitments, mobilize at least $1 trillion annually in sustainable infrastructure investment, bridge the digital divide and utilize technology as a global public good. The commitments and pledges that have been made on development could be endorsed by the Security Council so as to transform these into binding obligations.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Yet no amount of development can bring peace when peoples are suppressed by foreign occupation and forcibly denied their right to self- determination, as is happening today in Palestine, and as has also been happening in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The international community already has an agreed blueprint for equitable global development, comprehensively reflected in the political declaration of the Sustainable Development Goals Summit.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The development progress made in the past few decades has been halted and reversed by the coronavirus disease pandemic, climate change impacts and proliferating conflict. A total of 150 million people have descended into extreme poverty. Growing poverty and hunger and the illegal exploitation of natural resources are the principal causes of many of the conflicts and disputes among and within States, such as in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. Climate change is exacerbating the scramble for scarce resources, particularly water, and could lead to the proliferation of conflict. We support the efforts of the Peacebuilding Commission to address the resolution of conflict situations through the promotion of development.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Pakistan delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, and the Chinese delegation on your active and positive presidency of the Council during this month and on convening this important debate on development and peace. We thank all the briefers for their views. The interdependence between peace and development is well established. In the past eight decades, hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty through planned and market-driven development, investment, trade and technological breakthroughs. Yet we have failed to promote the Charter’s vision of prosperity for all peoples of the United Nations. Indeed, we live in an age of inequality. The unequal structures of finance, trade and technology constructed over the past several decades have created the super-rich and the super-poor.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Yet a State that is in forcible occupation of a foreign territory cannot invoke the right to self-defence against those whose territory it has illegally occupied. The perpetuation of the Israeli occupation will not bring peace to the Holy Land. Durable peace will emerge from the internationally agreed two-State solution and from the creation of a secure, viable, contiguous and sovereign State of Palestine on the basis of the pre-June 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Any attempt to create a false equivalence between Israel, the occupying Power, and the Palestinians, the victims of the occupation, is legally, morally and politically untenable. Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Yet, under international law, the struggle of people living under foreign occupation for self-determination and national liberation is legitimate and cannot be equated with terrorism. It is the suppression of the struggle that is illegal. Throughout history, colonial Powers have portrayed national liberation movements as terrorism. Some in the Council have offered protection to their allies that are oppressing occupied peoples in Palestine and Kashmir. Under the Charter of the United Nations, States have the right to self-defence against attacks on their sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We regret that the Security Council has been unable to issue a call for a ceasefire. A heavy responsibility rests on those who contribute to the prolongation of the conflict. We commend the role played by Egypt and United Nations agencies in facilitating the delivery of some humanitarian assistance through the Rafah border crossing, including the relief items provided by Pakistan. But that is not enough. We hope that a sustainable pipeline of life-saving humanitarian assistance, including water, food, fuel and medicines, will be established for the besieged people of Gaza. The displacement of the Palestinian people of Gaza is another violation of international humanitarian law. The Council must reject Israel’s attempts to displace the Gazans within or outside Gaza.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Pakistan strongly and unequivocally condemns the Israeli air strikes and military action in Gaza, particularly the attacks on schools, residential buildings and even hospitals, such as the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital, where hundreds of sick and injured civilians were killed. Those Israeli attacks on civilians, civilian objects and infrastructure and the blockade of water, food and fuel, as well as the forced transfer of people from the occupied territory, are flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and amount to war crimes. Those responsible for those atrocity crimes must be held accountable. Pakistan calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. The continuation of the Israeli campaign in Gaza will lead to further massive civilian casualties and could trigger a wider and more dangerous conflict.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Pakistan thanks the Brazilian presidency for convening this urgent high- level debate of the Security Council. We thank the Secretary-General, the Special Coordinator and the Deputy Special Coordinator for their briefings. I would like to first convey to Foreign Minister Al-Malki of Palestine the full support and solidarity of the Government and the people of Pakistan for and with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in these tragic and challenging times. Israel’s relentless and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza over the past 17 days has killed more than 5,000 Palestinian children, women and men, and injured another 15,000. An Israeli general has declared that Israel’s attacks this time will be “massive and destructive”.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“My delegation would be prepared, following this discussion, first, to explore the potential of that regional approach for reforming the Council, and secondly, to develop norms and guidelines that could be utilized in various regional and cross-regional organizations to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Uniting for Consensus Group has consistently proposed that regional representation could offer the basis for an agreement on the issue of Security Council reform. In our region, it is unfortunate that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has been prevented by its largest member from realizing its potential. But fortunately, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has established itself as a credible platform for Eurasian regional cooperation, including on security issues — as has the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as we just heard. There are also promising cross-regional forums, such as the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which have the capacity to contribute to the resolution of disputes among their members and other States and entities.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“However, their role remains subsidiary to that of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and other relevant United Nations entities, and their actions must remain consistent with the principles of the United Nations Charter and the resolutions of the United Nations. The role of those organizations varies in each region. Some regions, such as the European Union, have developed advanced political, legislative and judicial mechanisms to address regional, security and economic issues. The African Union, too, has established important mechanisms, including through the African Union Peace and Security Council, to address issues of peace and security. Those regional organizations could effectively represent their members on the Council as they do in the Group of 20 now and are a model for other regions as well.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Pakistan believes that can be done by making the Council more representative of the United Nations membership, more democratic by enlarging the voice of the majority of small and medium-sized States and more accountable through the democratic method of holding periodic elections. It is crystal clear that the main source of Council’s shortcomings is the veto power of its five permanent members, whether exercised directly or indirectly. It is therefore difficult to comprehend the logic of those who advocate for the expansion of the number of the Council’s permanent members. The problem cannot be the solution. Regional and subregional organizations can play a role in promoting peace and security and resolving disputes.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Thereafter, we should seek to resuscitate the two-State solution, the only option for a durable peace in the Holy Land. There are of course several other instances in which the Security Council has failed to live up to the Charter’s vision, such as in the dispute over Jammu and Kashmir. The Council’s resolutions, which call for a plebiscite to enable the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine their own political destiny, remain to be implemented. Like Israel in occupied Palestine, India’s massive occupation army of 900,000 troops has sought to brutally suppress the freedom struggle of the Kashmiri people and to impose what its extremist leaders ominously call a final solution for Kashmir. The Council’s failures must be addressed.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We must respond to those challenges collectively and effectively within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations. The primary responsibility to promote peace through dialogue rests with the Security Council. The General Assembly shares that responsibility, especially when the Security Council is unable to act. It is widely felt that the Security Council has failed to perform the role envisaged for it under the Charter of the United Nations. And we have heard of the Council’s paralysis on Ukraine, and now the Security Council has failed again to stop the slaughter in Gaza. Pakistan hopes that the General Assembly will take action and demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and full, unhindered and sustainable humanitarian access to the suffering people of Gaza and ensure that they are not displaced within or outside Gaza.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Akram (Pakistan) The delegation of Pakistan thanks you, Mr. President, and the Brazilian presidency for organizing this timely debate. We also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Ms. Josefina Echavarría Álvarez for their insights. We are living in dangerous times. International peace and security are confronted with multiple threats, marked by violations of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, unilateral use or threat of use of force, foreign interventions, foreign occupation, the suppression of legitimate freedom struggles, proliferating conflicts and disputes, new manifestations of terrorism, rising great Power tensions, expanding military alliances, a new nuclear and conventional arms race and the resurgence of fascist ideologies of hate and Islamophobia.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is the suppression of that struggle for freedom that is illegal. Under the Charter of the United Nations, States have the right of self-defence against attacks on their sovereignty and territorial integrity. However, a State that is in forcible occupation of a foreign territory cannot invoke the right of self-defence against those whose territory it has illegally occupied. The final solution to the protracted conflict that has claimed so many lives and that continues to jeopardize the stability of the entire region lies in the creation of a secure, viable, contiguous and sovereign State of Palestine on the basis of the pre-June 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“Let us not forget that the root cause of this latest violence is the prolonged and illegal occupation of Palestine and the usurpation of the lands and properties of Palestinians and the accompanying oppression and massive violations of human rights committed with impunity by Israel. The illegality of Israel’s occupation has been reaffirmed by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (see A/ES-10/273). Any attempt to create a false equivalence between Israel, the aggressor, and the Palestinians, the victims, is legally, morally and politically untenable. Let us also recall that the struggle of peoples under foreign and alien occupation for self-determination and national liberation is legitimate under international law, and they have the right to use all possible means in that struggle to achieve freedom.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“Despite the paralysis in the Security Council today, we hope that the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and United Nations agencies will be able to halt the conflict, secure the opening of humanitarian corridors to ensure the delivery of food, water, medicines, fuel and other essential supplies to the Palestinians in Gaza, and prevent the displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza. The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation met today at the level of Foreign Ministers and proposed, among other things, the dispatch of an international protection force to protect innocent lives from the ongoing attacks by the occupation forces and extremist colonialist settlers. The United Nations should give urgent consideration to that proposal.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“We regret that the Security Council was unable to issue a call for a ceasefire, owing to the opposition and insufficient support for the draft resolution (S/2023/772) proposed by Russia the day before yesterday (see S/PV.9439) and the Russian draft amendments (S/2023/775 and S/2023/776) for a ceasefire proposed this morning. Although the Brazilian draft resolution needed considerable improvement, in our view, we were surprised at the Council’s inability to adopt it due to a veto cast by a permanent member. A heavy responsibility rests on those who have contributed to the prolongation of the consistent bombing of Gazan citizens that is taking place as we speak. Consistent with the decisions taken last year with regard to the use of the veto, we expect that the General Assembly will address this conflict.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“The laws of war and international humanitarian law, especially the Geneva Conventions, must be strictly observed. Pakistan strongly and unequivocally condemns Israel’s cowardly and criminal attack on the Al Ahli Hospital yesterday, which killed hundreds, most of them sick and wounded Palestinian children, women and men. That wilful atrocity, an attack on a hospital, which enjoys explicit protection under international law, is clearly a war crime and a crime against humanity. Those responsible for that crime must be held accountable through a full international inquiry and accountability process — with regard to both that incident and the other crimes that have been committed in this conflict. Pakistan supports an immediate ceasefire.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“I would like to first congratulate Brazil for its very successful and active presidency, and I also thank China, Russia and the United Arab Emirates for convening this meeting, as well as the Special Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their briefings. Today is the eleventh day of relentless and catastrophic Israeli attacks on Gaza. All of Gaza is under military siege, and electricity, water and all humanitarian aid channels have been cut off. The entire population of Gaza — women, children and the elderly — are being collectively punished by the indiscriminate Israeli attacks. Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes and military incursions into Gaza, the killing of civilians and the large-scale displacement of an already occupied and battered people.”
2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source
“I do not wish to dignify the statement just made by this gentleman, who claims to represent Afghanistan. I think that his credentials are questionable — he has no Government, he has no representative, he has no credentials, and it is, I think, an anomaly that the Security Council is obliged to invite him to speak to the Council and to breed the kind of hatred and disinformation that he presents before the Council. As such, I believe that the General Assembly should take notice of this situation; it is a huge political anomaly that must be addressed. The meeting rose at 12.35 p.m.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“Those encompass adequate financial support, an end to travel restrictions, the termination of sanctions, political recognition and United Nations representation. Pakistan will work in all relevant formats to promote and implement such a pathway to peace and prosperity for Afghanistan and our entire region.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“Pakistan looks forward to the independent assessment on Afghanistan to be provided by Ambassador Sinirlioğlu. We hope that the assessment will enable the Security Council and the international community to have a comprehensive, long-term and realistic perspective on the situation in Afghanistan. That would enable the Security Council to adopt a specific road map for normalization within and with Afghanistan. It should respond to the concerns of the international community — namely, respect for human rights, particularly the rights of women and girls; inclusive governance; and an end to terrorism. At the same time, the international community should respond to the priorities of the Afghan interim Government and the priorities of the Afghan people.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“Nearly 1.4 million Afghan refugees are registered, while more than 2.2 million remain undocumented. Another 600,000 have made their way into Pakistan over the past two years. In the wake of the terrorist attacks, Pakistan has an obligation to ensure that none of the illegal Afghans belong to terrorist groups. The international community and the Afghan interim Government should cooperate with Pakistan in securing the repatriation of all illegal Afghans and, eventually, all Afghan refugees, to their homes in Afghanistan. Despite the challenges, Pakistan continues to believe that engagement and cooperation constitute the only feasible path towards promoting a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan. We are glad that the Afghan interim Government is engaged with all of Afghanistan’s neighbours and others with legitimate stakes in Afghanistan.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“We have been assured that action has been taken against the TTP elements involved and that further steps will be taken to prevent TTP terrorism against Pakistan. We will welcome those steps once they are credibly implemented. Until the TTP and other terrorist groups are contained and neutralized, they will continue to pose an ever-present threat to Afghanistan’s neighbours and possibly the international community as well. If the TTP is not actively contained, it could emerge as an umbrella organization for the various terrorist groups and factions in Afghanistan once Da’esh is eliminated. That concern is heightened by the support and sponsorship the TTP has received from some well- known spoilers in our region. There are more than 4 million Afghans in Pakistan.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“Pakistan will continue to offer its support and cooperation to neutralize that terrorist group. The immediate and major threat to Pakistan is posed by the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is responsible for a series of cross-border terrorist attacks on our military posts and on civilian targets within Pakistan. We have lost hundreds of our brave soldiers and civilians in those attacks over the past year alone. The border attacks have become more lethal owing to the TTP terrorists’ acquisition and use of advanced military equipment, apparently from the stocks left behind by foreign forces. And the majority of the suicide bombers in attacks claimed by the TTP within Pakistan have turned out to be Afghans. Pakistan’s Special Envoy has held further talks in Kabul following the recent attack in Chitral.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“The Afghan banking system must be revived. To that end, Afghanistan’s national assets held abroad should be released and returned and financial support for development projects restored. We also look forward to the early implementation of the shovel- ready regional connectivity projects between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, as well as Pakistan, China and Afghanistan. Fourthly, while opium cultivation has been reduced by 80 per cent, it will be essential to provide replacement crops and subsidies to sustain farmers’ livelihoods. The growing prevalence of more profitable methamphetamine must also end. The presence of terrorist groups remains the major security threat both within and from Afghanistan. There has been some success in the interim Government’s fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ Da’esh.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“More than two thirds of Afghanistan’s people are destitute and require immediate humanitarian assistance. We hope that the Secretary-General’s humanitarian appeal for $4.2 billion will be fully funded. Secondly, the restrictions on women and girls remain in force, although some space has been created through pragmatic avenues. Pakistan will continue to make every effort to find a durable solution through consultations on that important issue. Thirdly, the Afghan economy remains hobbled, largely because its banking system is not operational. The massive smuggling of dollars from Pakistan to Afghanistan has had a devastating impact on Pakistan’s economy and currency. As a result of our recent crackdown on the illegal money smuggling, the Pakistani rupee has stabilized and strengthened in the market.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“Two years after the power transition in Kabul, Pakistan is encouraged by some positive developments in Afghanistan, while we remain concerned about some other issues. On the positive side, the interim Afghan Government has remained stable with no major internal threats to its authority. The law-and-order situation in Afghanistan has improved significantly. The interim Government has taken action against Da’esh. Corruption has declined drastically. The interim Government has also been able to organize and manage the economy, particularly trade and revenue collection, despite external and internal constraints. Trade between Afghanistan and its neighbours has increased, as has transit trade through Afghanistan. However, serious problems remain. First, the humanitarian situation remains dire, as the Secretary-General notes in his report.”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Albanian delegation on your successful presidency of the Security Council this month, and I am grateful to you for convening this important debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I would like to thank Special Representative Otunbayeva for her valuable insights, Ms. Karima Bennoune for her briefing and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2023/678) apprising the Council of the latest developments in Afghanistan. We also listened to an Afghan citizen who represents no one but himself. As the Prime Minister of Pakistan stated in his address to the General Assembly, peace in Afghanistan is a strategic imperative for Pakistan (see A/78/PV.10).”
2023-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9423 (2023) · source
“All four pillars of the United Nations counter-terrorism strategy should be implemented comprehensively and equitably. Since the Council appears unable to do that, Pakistan has proposed that the General Assembly establish a committee to secure the comprehensive implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The improvement of its working methods is an integral part of Security Council reform — one of the five clusters on Council reform being considered in the intergovernmental negotiations process. In order to serve its misplaced ambition, one State appears willing to destroy that process, which was established with the consensus support of the entire United Nations membership. That will prove counterproductive.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is disingenuous of those who refuse to implement the Council’s resolutions to then argue that obsolete items should be removed from its agenda. Security Council resolutions do not have an expiry date. They must be implemented. There is considerable dissatisfaction with the Council’s sanctions regimes. The Council, or, failing that, the General Assembly, should commission an independent expert study to review the impact, effectiveness and relevance of the Council’s various sanctions regimes. We should also prevent the mainstreaming of standards and norms developed in a number of opaque and non-inclusive and unofficial forums and processes through the Council’s Chapter VII resolutions. The Council’s counter-terrorism architecture is partial, unequal and inadequate.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Security Council must also respect the General Assembly’s role as the principal deliberative policymaking and norm-setting organ of the United Nations. The Council is obliged to provide full and timely reports on its work to the Assembly under Articles 15 and 24 of the Charter. Such reporting should provide clear insight into the work of the Council and thereby enable the Assembly to ensure that the Council is indeed acting on behalf of the entire United Nations membership. Under Article 25 of the Charter, all Member States are obliged to implement the decisions of the Security Council. Pakistan suggests that the Council establish a standing committee on the implementation of its own resolutions. That committee’s report should then be an integral part of the Council’s annual report to the General Assembly.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“If closed meetings are held, interested non-members of the Council should be invited. In addition, the summary records of closed meetings could be circulated to all Member States, confidentially if necessary. The Council should adopt guidelines to facilitate the participation of non-members in its deliberations under Articles 37 and 39 of the Charter of the United Nations. Those guidelines should also cover the participation of international organizations, civil society and individuals. The consideration of any items that are on the agenda of the Security Council should not require the support of a majority of Council members but should be considered automatically at the request of any interested State or the Secretary-General.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country, Albania, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council, and to thank you for convening this important debate. The Council’s Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions has made significant contributions to improving its working methods, especially as reflected in note by the President S/2017/507. Pakistan’s position on the Council’s working methods is based on its desire for democracy, accountability, transparency and effectiveness in the Council’s work. We support openness and transparency in the work of the Council, including adherence to rule 48 of its rules of procedure, which advocates public meetings of the Council, with closed meetings as the exception.”
2023-09-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9410Resumption1 (2023) · source
“There will be no durable peace in the Holy Land until the creation of an independent, viable and contiguous State of Palestine, established on the basis of the pre- 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387 (2023) · source