New york: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has urged the UN Security Council to pursue an immediate, permanent, and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza and across the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He was speaking at the United Nations Security Council’s Open Debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question on Wednesday.

According to Radio Pakistan, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the need for immediate steps to ensure the delivery of life-saving food and medical assistance, restore humanitarian supply lines, and prevent famine conditions in Gaza. He called for renewed and reinforced international support to UNRWA, which remains essential for the survival of millions of Palestinians.

Dar highlighted the importance of ending forced displacement, illegal settlement expansion, and annexation of Palestinian land, particularly in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. He stated that Pakistan welcomes the growing international support for Palestinian statehood and full membership of the United Nations.

The Deputy Prime Minister also expressed Pakistan’s support for stabilizing Syria through an inclusive political process. He urged Israel to withdraw immediately from the separation zone established under the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in accordance with Security Council resolutions 242, 338, and 497.

Furthermore, Dar insisted that in Lebanon, the ceasefire understanding and Resolution 1701 must be respected, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon safeguarded. He emphasized the need to support the peace process in Yemen, facilitated by the UN and regional actors, particularly Saudi Arabia and Oman.