UN General Assembly
2022

Pakistan is deeply concerned about the numerous conflicts across the Middle East, including in Syria and Yemen. We support all possible efforts to promote their peaceful resolution. We call on Israel to end immediately the blatant use of force against the Palestinian people, the flagrant violations of their human rights and the repeated desecration of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque. The only just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Palestinian question is the acceptance of a viable, independent and contiguous Palestinian State, within the pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. The Security Council and the General Assembly must be empowered to play their respective roles under the Charter of the United Nations. The Security Council must be expanded by adding 11 new non-permanent members to make it more representative, democratic, transparent, effective and accountable. Adding new permanent members will paralyse the Council’s decision-making, enlarge its representational deficit and create new centres of privilege in violation of the principle of sovereign equality of Member States.