Pakistani resolution against Israel passed in the United Nations

of the United Nations Human Rights Council On Friday, Pakistan adopted a resolution calling on Israel to hold Israel responsible for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

According to the British news agency Reuters, 28 countries voted in favor of the resolution, 13 abstained and six voted against the resolution.

According to the French news agency AFP, the United Nations Human Rights Council in the resolution The ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza Highlighting the warning of genocide of Palestinian citizens during

It is the first time the UN’s top human rights body has taken a stand on the bloodiest offensive ever targeting the besieged Palestinian territory.

The text of the resolution calls on countries to stop the sale and transfer of arms, ammunition and other military equipment to Israel.

The resolution calls for an end to arms supplies to Israel, among other measures, to prevent “violations of international humanitarian law and human rights”.

The resolution said the International Court of Justice had ruled in January that there was a “threat of genocide” in Gaza.

Pakistan presented the resolution on Friday on behalf of all member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) except Albania. The resolution calls for an “immediate ceasefire” and “emergency humanitarian access and assistance” in Gaza.

Earlier last week in New York United Nations Security Council also eventually passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire. The United States, Israel’s closest ally and largest arms supplier, abstained from voting on the resolution.

However, the demand for ceasefire did not yield any practical results.

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According to the Ministry of Health, at least 33,037 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks in Hamas-controlled Gaza since October 7.

The strongly worded text of the resolution repeatedly names Israel and insists that it is the ‘occupying power’.
The resolution calls for Israel to end its occupation of all Palestinian territories and to “immediately end the blockade of the Gaza Strip and all other forms of collective punishment.”

Countries are urged to “stop the continued forced migration of Palestinians to and from Gaza.”
The resolution specifically warned against “large-scale Israeli military operations in Rafah,” a city south of the densely populated Gaza Strip, where more than one million Palestinians have taken refuge.

The draft resolution also condemned the use of starvation of civilians as a method of aggression in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned that famine continues.
The resolution condemned Israel’s unlawful denial of humanitarian access, the deliberate obstruction of aid supplies, and the deprivation of civilian supplies essential for survival, including food, water, electricity, fuel and telecommunications. has gone
The text of the resolution also condemns the use of explosive weapons by Israel in densely populated areas of Gaza.
The draft resolution condemns the fact that Israel has consistently refused to cooperate with several investigations by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The resolution emphasized the need for “credible, timely and comprehensive accountability for all violations of international law” in Gaza.

The commission of inquiry into the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been called upon to investigate the direct and indirect transfer or sale of arms, ammunition, parts and dual-use items to Israel.
The investigators will present their findings at the 59th session of the Council, which will be held in mid-2025.