Amid Israeli onslaught in Gaza, UN adopts Pakistan-sponsored resolution on self-determination

Published December 20,2023

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Amid the Israeli military’s intensified assaults on the besieged Gaza Strip, the UN General Assembly has adopted a Pakistan-sponsored decision on “Universal Realization of the Right of the People to Self-Determination.”

The decision was supported and sponsored by a lot of nations from totally different areas and was adopted by consensus, mentioned a press release issued by the Pakistan Mission to the UN on Tuesday.

The proper of peoples to self-determination is a core precept enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter, and the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in addition to the “Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.”

The decision reaffirmed “unequivocal” help for the belief of the fitting to self-determination for peoples residing underneath “foreign occupation, colonial domination, and subjugation.”

“It vehemently opposes acts of foreign occupation, intervention and aggression, and calls upon responsible States to immediately cease such acts,” the assertion learn.

For over 4 many years, Islamabad has introduced this landmark decision to the UN General Assembly.

“This annual initiative provides a message of hope to the peoples living in internationally recognized situations of foreign occupation, including in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and in Occupied Palestinian Territories, who are being denied the right to self-determination as enshrined in international law and numerous UN resolutions,” it added.

Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip from the air and land, imposed a siege, and mounted a floor offensive in retaliation for a cross-border assault by Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 19,667 Palestinians have since been killed and 52,586 injured within the Israeli onslaught, in accordance with Gaza’s well being authorities.

The Israeli demise toll within the Hamas assault on Oct. 7 stands at 1,200, whereas over 130 hostages are nonetheless held by the Palestinian group in Gaza, in accordance with official figures.