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Pakistan urged the UN Security Council on Sunday to ensure an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to halt the bloodshed and destruction in Gaza, the Palestinian Wafa news agency has reported.
Ambassador Asim Iftikhar, the Alternate Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, explained in a press release that the international community must unite in addressing the Palestinian issue and create safe humanitarian corridors to allow access to life-saving care. The ambassador stressed that reconstruction efforts must prioritise rebuilding Gaza’s shattered healthcare system.
Pakistan also reiterated its call for the UN to grant Palestine full membership. “Palestine must be recognised as a full member of the United Nations,” said Iftikhar. “This will not just be a symbolic gesture; it is a moral imperative to secure the irreversibility of the two-state solution.”
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