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Lodhi

lines on the record: 545
first: 2015-03-16
most recent: 2019-10-29
sittings or episodes: 79
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“In Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the occupying forces continue to show utter disregard for human life by systematically violating the fundamental norms of international humanitarian law and using civilians as human shields. Worse, the perpetrators of such crimes are not only protected under black laws but are honoured by the military command. Reports of the use of torture as an instrument of repression in Indian-occupied J ammu and Kashmir have been verified by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and torture, and by prominent rights groups in India. For example, a recent evidence-based report once again draws attention to the culture of impunity and lists multiple cases involving chilling methods used to torture civilians.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“The cardinal principles of distinction and discrimination between civilians and combatants, military necessity and proportionality continue to be violated, and warring parties continue to operate with impunity. Whether one believes it is plausible deniability or abuse, the grim reality is that when the beast of conflict roars, legal regimes fall silent. The violation of international humanitarian law triggers cycles of endless violence. It ostracizes and divides. Today targeted attacks, sexual violence, forced conscription, torture, indiscriminate killings and gross human rights violations are used cynically as tools of war in conflicts.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“I would like to thank Indonesia for convening today's open debate. As we all know, 2019 marks the seventieth anniversary of the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the twentieth anniversary of the Security Council's decision to put the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict on its agenda. It is therefore an important time to review and reflect. The rules for the conduct of hostilities in armed conflicts are clearly codified in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Protocols Additional. They constitute the bedrock of international humanitarian law governing the protection of civilians and victims of armed conflict. Yet we would all agree that we continue to witness the flouting of international humanitarian law whenever and wherever hostilities break out, with women often bearing the brunt of these atrocities.”
2019-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8534 (2019) · source
“We have an elaborate system of training that has been institutionalized through the establishment of the Centre for International Peace and Stability, which was inaugurated by former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. At the recently held Peacekeeping Ministerial, in addition to personnel and assets, we also offered the peacekeeping competencies of the Centre to other TCCs. Pakistan is also participating in the relatively recent initiative of the training-the-trainers programme. In conclusion, let me say that our commitment to peacekeeping remains unflinching. Let us work together to make missions successful in the face of new and imposing challenges.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“While TCCs are required to provide well-equipped and well-trained personnel, other peacekeeping stakeholders also have to give their best for real success. Achieving more with less is neither tenable nor rational. Fifthly, the principles of peacekeeping are not an impediment to mandate implementation. In fact, they ensure the United Nations credibility and neutrality, which have been achieved over decades of service and sacrifice. They are also critical to ensuring the safety and security of peacekeepers. Sixthly, in order to attain durable peace, a political track must accompany peacekeeping efforts. That is obviously essential for credible exit strategies. Pakistan's credentials as among the largest and most consistent TCCs are well established.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Secondly, best practices and real on-ground experience must be incorporated into manuals that are shared with key players. Persons selected to impart training must also have on-ground peacekeeping experience and not rely on theory alone. We have offered our expertise to other troop-contributing countries (TCCs) in that regard. Thirdly, the drafting of the mandates of peacekeeping missions should be a phased process to allow for consultation with relevant TCCs. Current trilateral consultation mechanisms - both formal and informal - must be improved and better utilized. The group of TCCs that Pakistan and Morocco co-chair has emerged as an important informal platform that can be used for that purpose. Fourthly, peacekeeping is a collective endeavour. It is important to keep our expectations from peacekeeping realistic.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“The protection of civilians, supporting peace processes, peace-building, national capacity-building and institution-building are now all interconnected dimensions of peacekeeping missions. That is the context in which ongoing reviews, debates and discussions on the evolving nature of peacekeeping have to be situated. Allow me to make six quick points. First, predeployment training, preparation and the professional competence of peacekeepers are key to success in the field. The Secretariat must ensure, through predeployment assessments, that only the best and adequately equipped are deployed. Pakistan has been a leader in the field, and the performance of our troops in the field is a testimony to the premium that we place on training and professionalism.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“For close to six decades, despite our own challenges, we have contributed and provided personnel, assets, training and financing for United Nations peacekeeping. We are also host to one of the earliest United Nations peacekeeping missions, the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, which continues to play an invaluable role in a volatile and fraught environment. Peacekeeping has, over the years, evolved from single-dimensional monitoring to multidimensional mandates, as recognized by resolution 2086 (2013), adopted under Pakistan's presidency of the Council. Conflicts today are becoming more complex, prolonged and lethal, posing new challenges for peacekeepers.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“Let me also start by thanking Indonesia for organizing this debate and for bringing much-needed colour to this Chamber. Let me also thank the Secretary-General, the Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Director of the Challenges Forum for their briefings. Pakistan is a strong and consistent supporter of multilateralism, with the United Nations at its centre, to effectively address the global challenges of peace and security. Peacekeeping remains a pivotal tool to achieve that objective. Pakistan's participation in United Nations peacekeeping is the most tangible demonstration of our commitment to the United Nations and a practical way of reaffirming our abiding faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, we would like to call on the international community to uphold these principles and to play its part in realizing the shared goal ofa peaceful Middle East.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Lack of progress on the Palestinian issue has not only frustrated the hopes and aspirations of generations ofPalestinians, but has also resulted in endless hostility and dissonance in the region. The continued erosion of international law and the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations seriously undermine the Council's credibility and further highlight its incapability of resolving long-standing disputes. Lasting peace in the Middle East and elsewhere cannot be accomplished without fully respecting the principles of international law and embracing the fundamental tenets of the Charter, which remains our sole instrument of hope against injustice and oppression.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“On the humanitarian front, the mobilization of resources to ensure sustainable funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East remains critical for over 5 million Palestinian refugees. The Palestinian question, along with the Kashmir issue, remains on the United Nations agenda and has been so since its very inception. It is indeed regrettable that the international community and the United Nations have been unable to realize just and lasting solutions to these disputes. As a result, the peoples of the occupied lands in Palestine and in Kashmir have endured prolonged repression and the denial of their legitimate right to self-determination.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“In the midst of these disturbing developments, the threat of the annexation of the West Bank now looms large. In the besieged Gaza strip, civilian lives, particularly those of children and young people, remain under threat amid another intensifying cycle of violence that risks a broader escalation of the conflict. These infringements of the collective will of the international community are taking us further from the goal of a two-State solution, which underpins the vision of a peaceful Middle East. The Secretary-General has often reiterated that there is no plan B. A viable, independent and contiguous State of Palestine, on the basis of the internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, remains the only sustainable guarantee for enduring peace in the region.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“These measures have dealt a severe blow to the rule of law and international norms, besides frustrating the international community's efforts to find a long-term and peaceful solution to the conflict in the Middle East. Concern about the plight of Palestinians has resonated in this Chamber for over seven decades now. Regrettably, the suffering of the people of Palestine continues to this day, with no hope of abatement. The demolition of Palestinian homes continues across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, while Israel's illegal settlements are expanding in blatant disregard of international law and numerous Security Council resolutions. Israeli control of and restrictions on access to Muslim and Christian holy sites have further inflamed tensions.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Millions remain on the brink of famine. This situation has been aggravated by the emergence of a dangerous trend - the systematic erosion of the established norms of international law and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which is worsening an already fragile regional situation. Inclusive political processes founded on respect for international law are being abandoned in favour of military solutions, plunging the region into deeper instability and chaos. Competing interests pursued by external powers are further accentuating regional fault lines. Another grim manifestation of this trend is evident in attempts to erode the long-standing international consensus on the status of Jerusalem, as well as the unilateral decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Syrian Golan.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“Let me too begin by thanking the German presidency for convening this open debate. Discussions on this agenda item invariably leave us with a mounting sense of despair at the deteriorating situation in the region. Escalating violence, worsening humanitarian crises and untold human suffering have seriously undermined the long-cherished vision of a peaceful Middle East. In Libya, regional rivalries and external interference have imperilled a United Nations-sponsored peace process, hurling the country towards another protracted conflict and magnifying the threat of a grave humanitarian crisis. International efforts to find a political solution in Syria and ease the humanitarian situation there have yet to accomplish the desired objective. The political crisis in Yemen has also produced an unprecedented humanitarian challenge.”
2019-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8517 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, Pakistan has always remained a resolute supporter of global efforts to protect the vulnerable, including women and children. Our professional peacekeepers to the United Nations, including our female peacekeepers, continue to set the highest standards in fulfilling peacekeeping mandates and protecting all vulnerable sectors of the population, including women, from violence in some of the most dangerous and complex conflict situations around the world.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“At the same time, more women should be appointed to leadership roles, particularly as special envoys and special representatives. Finally, gender perspectives should be fully integrated into the peacebuilding paradigm, which would greatly enhance women's role in peace accords, as well as in the post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction phases. Pakistan, as one of the leading troop contributors to the United Nations, is deploying a female infantry engagement team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo next month. We have also recently achieved the goal of deploying 15 per cent female staff officers among all those deployed in our peacekeeping missions, thereby fulfilling our responsibilities in accordance with the uniformed gender-parity strategy and Security Council resolutions.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“It also requires concerted efforts to restore victims' dignity and ensure their honourable reintegration into the community by shielding them from any consequent stigma or victimization. Fourthly, by enlisting faith leaders and respected figures from within communities, we can further promote efforts to mitigate the stigma suffered by survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. Fifthly, we also need to enlist more women in peacebuilding and mediation processes in order to take advantage of their unique skill sets. We are encouraged by the fact that women's protection advisers have been deployed in seven United Nations peacekeeping operations to convene the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence in the field.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“By leaving disputes unaddressed, the Council runs the risk of acting selectively and displaying a blind spot for some of the most vulnerable women who suffer disproportionately from violence perpetrated by foreign occupation. Secondly, national Governments have a critical role to play in securing accountability for sexual violence and abuse. Only by strengthening national criminal justice systems and enacting strict victim- and witness- protection laws can impunity be effectively denied to the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. Thirdly, real justice for the survivors of sexual abuse in conflict situations does not end with the prosecution of the perpetrators.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“By focusing on creating an enabling environment for the more meaningful participation of women, and by securing their seats at the table as true partners and stakeholders in all matters related to peace, mediation and reconciliation, we can certainly give peace efforts a much better chance to succeed. I would like to make six brief, specific points. First, while the Security Council has led the way in drawing international attention to such horrific crimes, it should also focus on addressing the root causes of conflicts, notably the protracted disputes of Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine. After all, one of the most effective ways to prevent conflict-based sexual violence is to eliminate the breeding grounds that are created by unresolved, protracted disputes.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“From Myanmar to my country's region, the world continues to watch in horror as rape and sexual abuse are employed with impunity as a deliberate means to oppress entire populations and humiliate and terrorize them. As the Secretary-General noted in his recent report (S/2019/280), sexual violence continues to be employed as a broader strategy for repression, domination and subjugation to deliberately harm and scar defenceless and vulnerable communities. Our fight against impunity for conflict-related sexual violence must continue, with a greater commitment to holding aggressors to account and never allowing political or geopolitical interests to constrain or compromise our efforts.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“I would also like to join my colleagues in thanking Germany for convening today's important open debate. We will soon be approaching the twentieth anniversary of the Council's adoption of its landmark resolution 1325 (2000), on women andpeace and security, which mobilized global efforts to eliminate the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence. Since then, we have collectively made significant progress in establishing and strengthening the legal and normative framework for addressing that challenge. The international will to investigate conflict-based sexual violence is also much stronger today than ever before. Yet in many conflict situations around the world women, especially young girls, continue to bear the brunt of both physical and psychological abuse and trauma.”
2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source
“Pakistan was among the first group of countries to sign the Secretary-General's voluntary compact on the subject, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan also joined the Secretary-General's Circle of Leadership last year. Fifthly, female peacekeepers must feel safe in their environments. Any slack in ensuring their safety would also affect the United Nations credibility and ability to deliver. A zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse must also be implemented in letter and spirit to accompany the progressive deployment of female peacekeepers, as envisaged by the United Nations. Let me conclude by saying that, for my country, protecting the vulnerable, including women and children, is not only a global peace and security imperative but also our solemn obligation.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“That might include additional allowances, shorter rotation cycles, better-suited medical facilities, better accommodation and improved communication with the families that they have left behind to serve the cause of peace. Thirdly, increasing the deployment of female peacekeepers alone cannot realistically meet the requirements of the women and peace and security agenda. It is national Governments that bear the primary responsibility for women's safety and rights. The international community should support States in that regard, including by strengthening the capacity of their national institutions. Fourthly, Pakistan fully supports the Secretary- General's zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“First, we believe that the increased participation of female peacekeepers and encouraging more women to take up mediation roles helps in the stabilization and reconstruction phases of conflicts. Pakistan, for its part, will be deploying a female engagement team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo later this year. We also recently achieved the goal of ensuring that 15 per cent of staff officers deployed in peacekeeping missions are female, thereby fulfilling our responsibilities in accordance with the uniformed gender-parity strategy, the Action for Peacekeeping initiative and Security Council resolutions. Secondly, incentivizing the participation of women in peacekeeping missions merits serious consideration.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“To share our experience and promote best practices in peacekeeping, we have established the Centre for International Peace and Stability in Islamabad, which offers specially designed modules to help peacekeepers respond effectively and protect innocent civilians from sexual violence. During the recently held United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial, we also offered a course for female military observers at the Centre for International Peace and Stability. During her visit to Pakistan earlier this year, the President of the General Assembly, Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, visited the Centre for International Peace and Stability to interact with and learn more about the experiences of female peacekeepers. That led to a rich discussion of ways to inspire more women to join peacekeeping missions. As a major TCC, let me make five specific points.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“As one of the world's leading troop-contributing countries (TCCs), Pakistan has set the highest standards in fulfilling peacekeeping mandates, including the protection of vulnerable segments of the population, especially women and children, from violence. We have always advocated integrating the gender perspective into the peacebuilding paradigm, with a View to promoting comprehensive, inclusive and sustainable peace. Female peacekeepers from my country have already made a mark and have shown themselves, alongside their male counterparts, to be competent, dedicated and professional. An outstanding example was Shahzadi Gulfam, the first-ever recipient of the United Nations International Female Police Peacekeeper Award in 2011. We are proud of her service, as indeed those of all our peacekeepers.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“Let me also begin by thanking Germany for convening today's open debate on women in peacekeeping - an integral tool for achieving some of the priorities under the women and peace and security agenda. I also wish to convey our appreciation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the other briefers for their insightful briefings delivered earlier today. Beginning with resolution 1325 (2000) there have so far been eight Security Council resolutions that have articulated and moved forward the woman and peace and security agenda. Even as the international community has come together to collectively condemn acts of unimaginable horror, sexual abuse of women and girls has continued to be used as a tactic of war in conflicts across the world, including in my own region.”
2019-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8508 (2019) · source
“Thirdly, while there is international consensus that terrorism cannot be associated with any religion, we see extreme right-wing groups and white supremacists in some Western countries seeking to reap political dividends by fanning Islamophobia. Action must also be taken against that deliberate hate-mongering, which often leads to violence. Let me conclude by re-emphasizing the importance of a holistic approach to combating and defeating terrorism and the need for international collaboration to achieve our shared objective.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Such obvious causative factors are usually ignored or cast aside. The international community agrees that continued and persistent violations of human rights contribute to violent extremism, yet killings continue in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and occupied Palestine. The brutalization and oppression of people struggling for the legitimate right to self-determination constitutes State terrorism. Secondly, as we all know, conflicts undermine development, break down governance, create a sense of injustice and fuel violence. Prolonged and unresolved conflicts therefore continue to do that for generations. Yet in the context of preventing violent extremism, the international community continues to ignore long- standing situations of conflict and injustice.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“In that regard, it is important that current structures such as the FATF and the 1267 sanctions regimes are not used by anyone as political tools to advance geopolitical objectives. There is also a need to make those institutions more inclusive of the wider membership in their decision-making roles. Pakistan has always advocated that international efforts should be geared to fighting the root causes of terrorism, notjust the symptoms. Let me point out three specific gaps in the current approach. First, the international community should still focus attention on foreign intervention, foreign occupation and the continuing denial of the right to self-determination to people living under foreign occupation, as well as violations of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“While we have fully aligned Pakistan's anti-terrorism-financing regime with FATF recommendations, we are paying particular attention to monitoring non-profit organizations. My Government has issued specific guidelines and enacted procedures for auditing the accounts of non-profit organizations to ensure that no funds collected by any charitable organization are at risk of being used for terrorist financing. Through such efforts to combat terrorist financing, we have managed to achieve a sevenfold increase in the number of arrests, cases registered and persons convicted on charges of terrorism financing over the past year alone. As we reaffirm the international consensus on countering the financing of terrorism today, it is important to identify and plug the gaps that remain.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“However, over the past decade we have overcome those obstacles by, first, enacting laws to eliminate terrorism-financing risks and implementing our international obligations, including Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations and the obligations of the sanctions regime of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; secondly, strengthening financial institutions, including our Central Bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the Financial Monitoring Unit; and thirdly, building the capacities of financial regulatory institutions and law-enforcement agencies.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Pakistan fully supports international efforts to counter the financing of terrorism and has therefore criminalized terrorist financing in accordance with the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. One of the most important elements of our national action plan is countering the financing of terrorism. Being a largely cash-based economy, my country initially faced significant challenges in implementing it.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“They have in fact reinforced our will to fight until the last terrorist is eliminated from our country. Pakistan has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to counter terrorism that includes a military-led enforcement campaign and a comprehensive plan. Our 20-point national action plan focuses as much on countermeasures as on preventive approaches, including confronting the risks arising from terrorist financing. By conducting the largest counter-terrorism operation anywhere in the world, deploying 200,000 of our troops, our security forces have turned the tide against this scourge. Today terrorist incidents in my country are at a record low - their lowest point, in fact, in more than a decade. That is a testimony to our success.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“Let me start by saying that terrorism remains one ofthe most complex and imposing challenges of our time, claiming innocent lives, causing widespread destruction, undermining social stability and disrupting State structures. The recent terrorist attack in Christchurch showed that terrorism cannot be associated with any faith, ethnicity or nationality. We express our solidarity with the Government and the people ofNew Zealand. Nine ofthe victims who died in that terrorist attack were from my country. Pakistan has been a principal victim of terrorism, including terrorism that is supported, sponsored and financed from abroad. We have lost tens of thousands of lives, and many more have been injured or maimed. But those losses have not diminished our resolve to eliminate this scourge.”
2019-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8496 (2019) · source
“We therefore urge the Council to invest in flexible, sustainable and predictable resources, and better utilize triangular cooperation avenues to listento and include the views of troop-contributing countries - the Council's eyes and ears on the ground - at the time of evolving and updating mandates. That will help the Council, the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries. All of us will benefit from that. Successful peacekeeping is our success. The credibility of the United Nations depends on it, and so does international peace and security.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“They have contributed to many of Africa's success stories, from Liberia to Cote d'Ivoire to Sierra Leone. Our well- trained and professional peacekeepers have protected civilians, provided much-needed medical care and rebuilt communities. They have worked in difficult and, at times, dangerous situations, but have never shied away from fulfilling or failed to fulfil their mandates. Pakistan remains committed to exploring and supporting initiatives that help improve peacekeeping to make it fit for purpose and adapt better to changing environments and needs. But successful peacekeeping is a two-way street. Its success depends as much on the dedication and professionalism of peacekeepers as on the adequacy of resources and realistic and achievable mandates.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“More often than not, countries of a region are better equipped to understand the challenges faced by their region and also to respond to them. We acknowledge and appreciate the AU's commitment to stabilizing conflict situations and resolving disputes in Africa. The growing dialogue between the Security Council and the African Union for a better and effective response to peace and security issues in Africa is also a welcome development. In addition, there is engagement in Africa by other United Nations bodies, including the General Assembly. The recent annual session of the Peacebuilding Commission, focusing solely on the Sahel region, is another example of that cooperative approach. The brave peacekeepers of Pakistan, one of the world's top troop contributors to the United Nations, have and continue to be deployed in Africa.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“More than 150 Member States have now joined, committing themselves, inter alia, to strengthening peacekeeping partnerships with the Africa Union and supporting the African Union in capacity-building. The Declaration also reaffirms the need to provide predictable, sustainable and flexible funding for AU- led peace operations, especially those authorized by the Security Council. The situation in Africa needs a comprehensive approach to effectively address the many challenges it faces - one that relies on strengthening cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations. Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations emphasizes the importance of a cooperative, interdependent and mutually reinforcing relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“As a country that has faced similar tragedies time and again, we fully appreciate and relate to their pain. Such incidents also remind us all of the importance of investing in the safety and security of the Blue Helmets. Today's debate is important on many counts. It takes place at the initiative of a permanent member of the Security Council that is also one of the world's top 10 troop-contributing countries, as well as a major financial contributor to United Nations peacekeeping, and it focuses on a region in which peace and security continue to dominate the Council's agenda. Pakistan was the first country to accede to the Declaration of Shared Commitments on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, adopted during the high- level week of the General Assembly in September.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“Let me begin by conveying my delegation's gratitude to the Chinese presidency for convening today's debate, and to the Secretary-General and the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security for their insightful and informative briefings. Let me at the outset also pay tribute to the eight peacekeepers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 12 members of the Forces Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, who were killed last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and another peacekeeper from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, who lost his life in the Central African Republic over the weekend. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen heroes from Tanzania and Malawi.”
2018-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8407 (2018) · source
“While swords have not been turned into ploughshares, there is no better vehicle than the United Nations to achieve the goals of advancing modern civilization to a new and higher level, assuring a life of dignity for all people and helping to create a more just and peaceful world order. Allow me to close with the words of my country's founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who famously said that "Pakistan will never be found lacking in upholding the principles of the United Nations Charter".”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“True multilateralism entails not only decisions that reflect the diverse array of Views and positions on any issue, but also decision-making bodies that are fully imbued with the democratic spirit of our times and representative of the aspirations of all Member States - small, medium and large. Those ideals have served as the foundation stone of Pakistan's perspective for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council and will continue to guide our efforts. The framers of the Charter of the United Nations were no vain idealists in seeking to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“The best measure of our commitment to multilateralism is to strengthen the role of the United Nations, for the United Nations will be no less and can be no better than what the membership wants the Organization to be. A rules-based order, with the United Nations at its core, remains an abiding and fundamental element of my country's foreign policy. Pakistan believes that the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which are based on the sovereign equality of States, non-interference in internal affairs and the pacific settlement of disputes, provide the requisite framework to promote peaceful relations among Member States. The provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter remain equally critical to that end.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“After all, when seismic shifts triggered by globalization, human mobility, technological advances, terrorism and organized crime and climate change acknowledge neither physical boundaries nor geographical barriers, how can the international community remain divided into silos of narrow interests and divergent priorities, and yet hope to prevail over common challenges? In our interconnected world, we are all vulnerable if some are insecure. International cooperation is therefore imperative, and it was gratifying to hear the ringing endorsement of multilateralism from world leaders during the general debate of the current session. We must now build on that momentum.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Driven by forces of illiberalism and protectionism, jingoism is gaining ascendency over reason, intolerance over acceptance and bigotry over humanity. Consensus-building and compromise are being viewed by some not as virtues of strength but as signs of weakness. The exclusive pursuit of narrow national aims is being promoted as the sole determinant of world affairs. Long-standing legal norms are being eroded; United Nations resolutions and its binding decisions are flouted with impunity; and force is threatened all too frequently. Those trends are not just regressive; they expose the rules-based international order to new dangers. At a time of increasingly complex and mutually reinforcing challenges, we must be thoughtful and constructive in evolving our response to those new dangers.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“During the past seven decades, the United Nations has remained an indispensable instrument for the promotion of our shared goals of peace, security and development. From the crystallization of the inalienable right of peoples to self-determination, to its application in the struggle against colonialism and foreign occupation; from the ideal of the dignity and worth of an individual to the progressive development of instruments to promote and protect fundamental human rights, the United Nations has left an indelible mark in Virtually all walks of international life. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the sustaining peace agenda are recent affirmations of that collective approach for the common good and our shared destiny. Today, as we all know, multilateralism is under assault.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source
“Let me start by congratulating China on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month and for convening this very important debate. In 1945, as the world emerged from the most devastating war in recorded history, it was evident that if the horrors of the past were to be put to rest, international behaviour had to be governed, not by the whims of a few powerful States but instead by a set of universally applicable rules rooted in the firm conviction that no matter how great our strength, we should deny ourselves the license to do as we please and work collaboratively so that our efforts would become more than the sum of their constituent parts. That essence of multilateralism was encapsulated in the creation of the United Nations.”
2018-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8395 (2018) · source