Meeting Tulia Ackson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, he discussed Kashmir, water disputes and regional security
Pakistan Parliamentary Delegation, led by Chairman Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Meets President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Dr Tulia Ackson. PHOTO: PERMANENT MISSION OF PAKISTAN TO THE UN ON X
Chairman of the Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that violations of binding treaties were eroding respect for international law, as he met the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the sidelines of a United Nations event.
Violation of Binding Treaties Is Eroding Respect for International Law: Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
Pakistan Parliamentary Delegation, led by Chairman Senate, Meets President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
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According to an X post and state-broadcaster Radio Pakistan, Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Dr Tulia Ackson on the margins of the two-day IPU Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations in New York.
Accompanied by other members of the high-level parliamentary delegation, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Chairman Senate of Pakistan, met Dr. Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the margins of the two-day IPU Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations.
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He said the non-implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, as well as what he described as India’s weaponisation of water, undermined international law, the UN Charter and the sanctity of international treaties, with serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.
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Calling India’s move to put the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance a “dangerous precedent,” Gilani said the action constituted a blatant violation of international law and endangered the lives and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis.
On Afghanistan, Gilani said Pakistan sought a stable and prosperous neighbour but remained concerned about the use of Afghan soil for attacks against Pakistan. He said there was a pattern of militant violence emanating from Afghanistan, where groups including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the Baloch Liberation Army, Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Khorasan were operating, and said the Taliban had failed to meet its international counter-terrorism obligations.
Ackson, for her part, praised Pakistan’s role in promoting dialogue in multilateral diplomacy, according to a statement of the meeting as well as in the X post by the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN’s official account.
