UNITED NATIONS
\nPakistan told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Gaza remains in a perilous state, urging the 15-member body to keep the deeply disturbing humanitarian situation under close watch as international attention shifts back to the war-shattered enclave.
\nAmbassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, the permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, highlighted the plight of the people of Gaza who have suffered through months of Israeli military strikes and ground offensives.
\n\u201cThe Council needs to keep the deeply disturbing situation in Gaza under close watch,\u201d he said.
\nSpeaking at a council meeting requested by the 10 elected members, Mr Ahmad emphasised that despite the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2803, Israeli ceasefire violations continue and the humanitarian crisis remains acute.
\n\u201cCivilians continue to endure immense hardship, marked by killing, deprivation, displacement and an uncertain future,\u201d Mr Ahmad said.
\nHe stated that over 90 per cent of Gaza\u2019s population is displaced, with acute hunger affecting hundreds of thousands, while overcrowding and poor sanitation fuel disease outbreaks.
\nThe ambassador called for resolution 2803 (2025) to be fully implemented, paving the way towards a permanent ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, immediate reconstruction without conditional delays, and a credible, time-bound political process for Palestinian self-determination.
\nMr Ahmad stressed that the core issue is the arbitrary denial and delay of humanitarian access, calling it a recurring pattern of Israeli policy and a violation of international law.
\nHe demanded that all crossings, including Rafah, be opened for aid, commercial supplies, and medical evacuations.
\nMr Ahmad also called for a time-bound political process for Palestinian self-determination, stating the core lies in establishing a sovereign, independent, and contiguous State of Palestine on pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital.
\nUN officials provided stark warnings during the session.
\nTom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, acknowledged that Resolution 2803 and its US-backed peace plan brought some results, including reduced civilian harm and the return of remaining hostages.
\nHowever, Fletcher underscored that the plan was meant to deliver much more. Echoing Fletcher\u2019s concerns, the UN children\u2019s agency charged on Friday that the ceasefire declared more than eight months ago has become a \u201ccruel and a deadly illusion,\u201d with 265 children killed since the fighting supposedly stopped.
\nDespite an October 2025 ceasefire, Israel has continued to launch strikes across Gaza, killing at least 992 Palestinians, according to the territory\u2019s health ministry.
\nUnicef spokesman James Elder, speaking from Amman, called the number of child fatalities an \u201cabsurd and devastating figure\u201d.
\n\u201cDuring a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months,\u201d Elder told reporters in Geneva. He stressed that these children were not killed in war zones, but in their homes, in schools, and while playing.
\nElder reported that over 400 children have been injured since the ceasefire began. He noted that Israeli restrictions on essential medicines mean wounded children endure greater pain and face increased risks of infection, complications, and further amputations.
\n\u201cThe continued killing of children is not the consequence of a lack of options. It is the consequence of a lack of political will,\u201d Elder insisted, urging the international community to stop normalising the abnormal.
\nBacking the UN\u2019s assessments, China\u2019s permanent representative to the UN, Fu Cong, called on Israel to stop violating the ceasefire. Speaking at the emergency Security Council session, Fu expressed grave concern over Israel\u2019s continual expansion of military occupation in Gaza, according to state media Xinhua.
\nLetter on India\u2019s IWT violations
\nMeanwhile, the Pakistani ambassador handed over a formal letter from Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, to Ambassador Leonor Zalabata Torres of Colombia, the president of the Security Council for June.
\nThe letter draws urgent attention to India\u2019s continued \u201cillegal actions and violations\u201d of the World Bank-brokered 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
\nSpecifically, the communication highlights two illegal Indian infrastructure projects linked to the Chenab River system aimed at water diversion.
\nThe letter argues these projects reveal India\u2019s intention to illegally alter treaty-governed flows of the western rivers, weaponising water with dangerous implications for Pakistan\u2019s water, food, and economic security. It urges the Security Council to take cognisance of this \u201cfragile and deteriorating situation and hold India accountable for its brazen violations\u201d.
\nAt the close of the proceedings, Ahmad briefed the council president on India\u2019s continued non-compliance with its obligations under UN Security Council resolutions regarding the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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