Pakistan urges world powers to end use of unilateral sanctions

Author: News Desk

Pakistan has urged the world’s powerful states to end the use of unilateral sanctions as these measures not only intensify food and health insecurities but also destabilise the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the targeted countries.

Speaking at an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Munir Akram said that unilateral coercive measures are contrary to the purposes and the UN Charter, said a press statement issued here

He said that unilateral sanctions seriously impact the ability of sanctioned States to utilise their full potential to realise globally agreed targets.

Munir Akram said that the UN General Assembly and the Security Council have recognized that people should not be deprived of their means of subsistence, especially food and medicines even where Council’s enforcement action may be required.

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