Pakistani representative questions ‘moral bankruptcy’ of West in maiden speech

from Janta Ka Reporter Jan 3 2025

 

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the brutal destruction of Kamal adwan

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Hospital the last

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operational major facility in Northern

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Gaza is an atrocity that shocks the

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conscience of humanity the deliberate

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targeting of hospitals medical personnel

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patients and wounded defies every

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principle of humanitarian law and has no

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justification

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whatsoever not just condemnation

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there must be

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accountability for these crimes this is

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not a war it is a campaign of

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disposition ethnic cleansing and

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Annihilation the international court of

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justice has issued rulings and the world

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has cried out for justice yet this

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council is

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inexplicably paralyzed silence is

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complicity as you said and I would add

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that it amounts to moral

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bankruptcy can we finally come together

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to defend and uphold Universal respect

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for the UN Charter principles and

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international law I think this is the

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question before us I now give the floor

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to the representative of

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Pakistan you Mr

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President my delegation would like to

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thank you for convening this important

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briefing at the outset of the alerian

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presidency we commend your stewardship

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and assure you of our full support

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Pakistan looks forward to working

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closely with all council members to

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reinforce our Collective efforts for

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Global Peace and

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security let me thank High Commissioner

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Turk and Mr Pon from

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wh as well as Dr Tanya Hassan for their

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sobering

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briefings the figures are

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astounding the picture beyond

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belief and I'm particularly grateful to

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Dr Hassan for sharing the perspectives

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of healthc care workers and I think she

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asked a lot of

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questions that are

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unanswered and here at the council we

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must must answer those

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questions Mr President as we have heard

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yet again the situation in Gaza is a

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catastroph of unprecedented magnitude

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nowhere in the world has international

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law been trampled with such Brazen

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impunity as in the occupied Palestine by

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Israel the occupying

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power one aspect

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of this harrowing reality is illustrated

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by the recent report of the High

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Commissioner for human rights on attacks

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against healthc care infrastructure in

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Gaza it lays bear a truth we cannot

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afford to ignore as you also explained

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at length in your statement Mr President

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between October 2023 and June 2024 at

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least 136 strikes were carried out on 27

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hospitals and 12 other medical

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facilities over 500 healthcare workers

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lost their

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lives by June 22 of gaza's 38 hospitals

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were rendered

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non-functional leaving the Health Care

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system on the verge of collapse the

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brutal destruction of Kamal adwan

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Hospital the last

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operational major facility in Norther

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Gaza is an atrocity that shocks the

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conscience of humanity the deliberate

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targeting of hospitals medical personnel

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patients and wounded defies every

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principle of humanitarian law and has no

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justification

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whatsoever not just condemnation there

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must be

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accountability for these crimes Mr

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President for over 14 months now the

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Palestinian people have endured an

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unrelenting assault on their lives

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rights and

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dignity over 45,000 Palestinians have

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been killed more than half of them women

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and children over 90% of 2.1 million

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population of Gaza are

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displaced with around 160,000 housing

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units destroyed almost the entire

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population has been rendered homeless

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the scale of this genocidal campaign is

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staggering its intent

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unmistakable gaza's

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homes schools hospitals and even its

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cultural heritage lay in Ruins even the

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UN and its Personnel have not been

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spared this is not a war it is a

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campaign of

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dispossession ethnic cleansing and

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annihilation

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the indiscriminate bombing of civilians

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and the systematic destruction of

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critical infrastructure are not isolated

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incidents these are calculated acts

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aimed at erasing an entire people from

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their Homeland Mr President for decades

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this Council has passed

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resolutions the international court of

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justice has issued rulings and the world

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has cried out for justice yet this

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council is inex

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applicably paralyzed undermining its own

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authority and credibility in the

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process it is a pivotal moment for the

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council to take immediate and decisive

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actions and we are thinking these should

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be on the following

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lines ceasefire now the council must

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demand and put in place an immediate and

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unconditional ceasefire to hold the

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bloodshed

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and destruction in Gaza lift the

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blockade the inhuman blockade of Gaza

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must be lifted without

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delay food medical supplies and

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humanitarian Aid must flow freely to

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those in desperate

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need demand

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accountability justice must be served

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independent and transparent

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investigations into the targeting of

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medical

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infrastructure and other war crimes must

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ensure that

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perpetrators are held to account

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impunity must

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end establish safe corridors civilians

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must be protected safe and secure

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humanitarian corridors must be created

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to allow people to access life-saving

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care eventual reconstruction efforts

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must also prioritize rebuilding gaza's

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shuttered Health Care system

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revive the two-state solution a

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political Horizon is imperative for

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peace a process to realize the two State

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solution based on relevant un

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resolutions an end to

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occupation enabling the Palestinian

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people to exercise the right to

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self-determination and the establishment

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of a sovereign independent and

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contiguous Palestinian

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State along pre-1967 borders with Al

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Goods Sharif as its

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capital Grant Palestine full membership

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Palestine must be recognized as a full

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members of the United Nations this will

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not just be a symbolic gesture in our

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view it is a moral imperative to secure

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the irreversibility of the two-state

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solution Mr President we stand at a

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defining moment in history the entire

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world is watching will this Council will

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shoulder its responsibility or will it

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continue to turn a blind eye to the

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tragedy unfolding before

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us silence is complicity as you said and

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I would add that it amounts to moral

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bankruptcy can we finally come together

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to defend and uphold Universal respect

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for the UN Charter principles and

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international law I think this is the

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question before us the Palestinian

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people look to this Council for Hope for

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justice for the promise of

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Peace we must not fail them the

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Bloodshed in Gaza must end the

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Relentless suffering of innocent men

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women and children must

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seize let us cross the

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Divide let us unite in the pursuit of

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Peace grounded in Justice human dignity

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and international legitimacy let us give

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meaning to to the promise that we made

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never again let us prove the Skeptics

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