Pakistan at HR Council, demands end to US Drone Attacks Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) , – Pakistan´s permanent representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Zamir Akram, demanded yesterday, that the USA ceases their operations of drones over Pakistani territory, stating that Pakistan considers them detrimental to its national sovereignty and to international law. The permanent representative of Pakistan at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressed, that Pakistan has suffered the loss of hundreds of innocent civilian lives and that the US drone strikes have caused and continue to cause a colossal economic damage to Pakistan. Zamir Akram stressed that the operation of the drones and the deadly strikes are a violation of the human rights of the Pakistani people and that they constitute a violation of Pakistan´s territorial sovereignty and integrity. Moreover, Akram stressed, that the strikes are counterproductive with regards to the fight against armed militants of the Taliban. Akram quoted the UN Secretary General Ban Kyi-moon as saying that the use of drones, like the use of any other weapon, should be subject to the rules of international law, including humanitarian law. Earlier this week, all major political parties in Pakistan unanimously adopted a resolution in which they condemned the operation of the drones over sovereign Pakistani territory and attacks, demanding that the federal government presents the issue to the USA and the UN General Assembly. The resolution was adopted at a meeting on the security situation in Pakistan, held at the residence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Several international analysts and experts are warning about the involvement of US and other western intelligence service involvement in the attempt to mount an insurgency against the central government of Pakistan in the Baluchistan region. Other experts, including Maj.(r) Agha H. Amin repeatedly stressed that the drone strikes are counterproductive, and that most drone strikes are carried out in regions where the Pakistani military has control over the border, rather than carrying out strikes there, where most of the militants are concentrated.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:53:55 +0000
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