A committee of the UN General Assembly has adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming that the universal realization of the right to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee of human rights.
The resolution co-sponsored by a record seventy-five countries‚ was adopted with consensus.
The resolution serves to focus the world’s attention to the struggle by peoples for their inalienable right to self-determination‚ including those in Kashmir and Palestine.
The resolution also declares the 193-member General Assembly’s firm opposition to foreign military intervention‚ aggression and occupation.
Introducing the draft‚ Pakistani delegate Marghoob Saleem Butt highlighted the importance of right of self-determination that enjoys primacy in international law and is the cornerstone of the UN Charter and two international Covenants.
