Pakistan’s resolution on self-determination adopted

United Nations—The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, dealing with Social and Humanitarian issues, on Thursday adopted by consensus a draft resolution on the “Universal Realization of the Right of Peoples to Self-determination”.
This resolution has consistently been adopted by the General Assembly since 1981. Pakistan as, the main sponsor of this resolution, introduced a text in the Committee and made a statement in this regard. Besides, Pakistan, a large number of countries from Asia, and Africa co-sponsored the resolution this year including Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, China, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Singapore, Somalia, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates.
The resolution reaffirms the universal rights of people to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Charter and international covenants on human rights. It welcomes the progressive exercise of this right by peoples under colonial, foreign or alien occupation and their emergence into sovereign statehood and independence. The resolution calls upon those states responsible to cease immediately their military intervention in and occupation of foreign countries and territories and all acts of repression, discrimination, exploitation and maltreatment, in particular the brutal and inhuman methods reportedly employed for the execution of those acts against the peoples concerned.
The resolution requests the Human Rights Council to continue to give special attention to the violation of human rights, especially the right to self determination, resulting from foreign military intervention, aggression or occupation. It also requests the Secretary General to report to the 62nd session of the General Assembly on this question.
The resolution will now go to the Plenary of the General Assembly for formal adoption before the conclusion of the current session.
APP Ads: A committee of the UN General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination, and called for cessation of foreign military intervention, occupation and repression.
Pakistan has been tabling this draft in the social committee since 1981 and each year the General Assembly passed it by consensus. The text serves to focus attention on struggle by people for their inalienable right to self-determination. The draft will come up for adoption in the 192-member Assembly next month.
The resolution reaffirms the universal rights of people to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Charter and international covenants on human rights. It welcomes the progressive exercise of this right by peoples under colonial, foreign or alien occupation and their emergence into sovereign statehood and independence.—Agencies