In the UNSC, Pakistan warns of the ‘malevolent designs’ of India to block the water flow


Permanent Deputy Representative of Pakistan to the UN ambassador, Usman Jadoon. - X/@Pakistanun_ny/File
Permanent Deputy Representative of Pakistan to the UN ambassador, Usman Jadoon. – X/@Pakistanun_ny/File
  • India’s decision to suspend the IWT violation of the int’l law, says Jadoon.
  • Islamabad asks Delhi to strictly comply with its legal obligations.
  • The UNSC must play a role against the violations of world law, says Diplomat.

United Nations: A superior Pakistani diplomat has denounced the “malevolent designs” of India to prevent the flow of guaranteed water from Pakistan under the 1960 Indus Water Treaty and asked New Delhi to refrain from stopping, diverting or restricting the rivers that are coming.

“We will never accept any movement of this type,” said the Arria Formula Formula of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of Pakistan to the UN ambassador, said the Formula Arria Formula of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on ‘protecting water in the armed conflict’, while highlighting the attempt of India.

Arria Formula Meetings are informal that allow members of the Security Council to have an exchange of frank and private opinions on relevant issues.

Slovenia convened the 15 -members council meeting on ‘Water protection in armed conflicts’, in cooperation with Algeria, Panama, Sierra Leone and the global alliance to save water from armed conflicts.

Opening the debate, the Secretary of State of Slovenia, Melita Gabric, emphasized the critical role that protecting water and infrastructure related during armed conflicts plays in safeguarding civilian life, saying: “The protection of civilians and civil objects under international humanitarian law is not negotiable.”

The CSNU forum celebrated the discussion on the protection of water infrastructure due to New Delhi’s threats to cut the Islamabad water flow. After April’s mortal attack against tourists in India illegally occupied, Jammu and the Paqualgama de Cashmira (Iiojk) that India blames Islamabad, New Delhi, “endangered” his participation in the 1960 Indo Water Treaty.

Pakistan has denied participation in the incident, but the agreement has not been revived despite the fact that the two neighbors with nuclear weapons agree a high fire at the beginning of this month after the worst fighting between them in decades.

In his comments, the Pakistani envoy indicated that attacks against water resources, the related infrastructure and the denial of access to these resources constitute a flagrant violation of the established norms, and the widely accepted principles, which indicate that the UNSC has also also reaffirmed to these principles of the principles of the principles.

“India’s decision to suspend illegally and unilaterally the 1960 Indo Water Treaty (IWT), with the aim of preventing the flow of water guaranteed to Pakistan under the treaty, it is a serious violation of international law, including the Law of Human Rights, the right of the Treaty and International Law Custom,” said the Ambassador Jadoon.

“The worrying pronouncements of Indian leadership to ‘die of hunger to the people of Pakistan’ represent a very dangerous and perverse thought,” he said.

“We firmly condemn the illegal announcement of India to keep the treaty in suspense and ask India to strictly comply with its legal obligations and refrain from stopping, diverting or restricting rivers that are a lifeguard for 240 million people of Pakistan.”

He urged that UNSC must play a role identifying situations in which violations of international law, including the principles of international humanitarian law (DHO), could endanger peace and security or lead to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, and act preventively.

In conclusion, Ambassador Jadoon supported the calls for full compliance with international human rights and human rights laws, especially for the protection of water resources and related infrastructure.



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