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The Pakistan prime minister was speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, with global leaders in attendance. Sharif spoke about intensifying conflicts, violations of international law, humanitarian crises, terrorism, climate change and a number of other issues threatening the world. The UNGA session, themed as “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights,” comes in the backdrop of Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, which has killed over 65,000 Palestinians since Oct. 2023, and its military actions in against other Middle Eastern states as well as raging conflicts elsewhere in the world. Speaking of the situation in Gaza, he said the Israeli leadership has unleashed a shameful campaign against the innocent Palestinians in blind pursuit of its “nefarious goals,” which history will always remember as one of its darkest chapters, calling on the international community to find a path to ceasefire. “For nearly 80 years, the Palestinians have courageously endured Israel’s brutal occupation of their homeland. In the West Bank, each passing day brings new brutality, illegal settlers who terrorize and kill with impunity, and nobody can challenge them and question them. And in Gaza, Israel’s genocidal onslaught has unleashed unspeakable terror upon women and children in a manner we have not witnessed in annals of history,” Sharif said. “We must find a path to a ceasefire now and just now... Pakistan firmly supports the demand of the Palestinian people for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders and Al-Quds Sharif as its capital. Palestine can no longer remain under Israeli shackles. It must be liberated and liberated with full commitment and full force.” The prime minister denounced Israel’s attack against Hamas leaders in Doha and said Tel Aviv’s continued violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of numerous countries were reflective of its ‘rogue behavior.” “Pakistan stands unwaveringly with our brothers and sisters in Qatar,” he said. “We also support all efforts for a peaceful resolution of the we also support all efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict in line with the UN Charter to end human sufferings and global turmoil caused by this protected war.”
