A resolution is due to be introduced at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday calling for an arms embargo on Israel, citing the potential threat of genocide in Gaza.
The draft resolution was submitted by Pakistan to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on behalf of 55 of the 56 member states of the United Nations.
According to the AFP news agency, the Palestinian missions in Bolivia, Cuba and Geneva are also jointly involved in presenting this text.
If the draft resolution is passed, it will be the first time the UN’s top human rights body takes a position on the ongoing war in Gaza.
The text condemns “Israel’s use of large-scale explosive weapons” in populated areas of Gaza and calls on Israel to “fulfill its legal responsibility to prevent genocide”. should be maintained.’
The eight-page draft calls for Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territory and immediately end its “illegal blockade” of the Gaza Strip.
The draft resolution calls on countries to stop the sale or transfer of weapons, explosives and other military equipment.
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Earlier, the United Nations Security Council on Monday, March 25, passed a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The United States did not participate in the voting in the Security Council, while the other 14 council members voted in favor of the resolution.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif, in his statement welcomed the resolution of the United Nations Security Council for the ceasefire in Gaza and said that the international community is sure to implement the resolution of the Security Council for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Make it.’
He said that ‘hospitals and refugee camps were deliberately bombed by Israel in Gaza, which is highly condemnable.’
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2024-09-25 11:30:11
