Schools, he added, have been destroyed, damaged or militarized, teachers displaced and digital networks interrupted.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, at the UN Security Council session. PHOTO: RADIOPAK
UNITED NATIONS:
Pakistan has told a historic session of the UN Security Council that the most effective way to protect children and their right to education is to resolve festering conflicts in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, the UN Charter and international law.
Speaking at the council’s debate on “Children, Technology and Education in Conflict”, chaired by US First Lady Melania Trump, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, said: “In conflict zones around the world, including situations of foreign occupation, particularly Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir, millions of children are growing up in rubble and chaos, rather than classrooms and calm.”
Schools, he added, have been destroyed, damaged or militarized, teachers displaced and digital networks interrupted. “Education systems, already fragile, have been brought to the brink of collapse,” the Pakistani envoy said.
At the same time, Ambassador Ahmad said that as long as conflicts persist, we have an obligation to ensure that no child’s future is snuffed out by circumstances beyond their control.
