Pakistan at the United Nations, called for operationalizing the Gaza Reconstruction Plan endorsed by the OIC and Arab Group. As diplomats met in New York to prepare for an international conference in June, aimed at advancing global efforts towards achieving a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Pakistan called for addressing the root cause: Israel’s prolonged occupation. “Only by ending the occupation can we secure a just and lasting peace,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the preparatory session that brought together UN member states to align expectations and finalise arrangements for eight thematic roundtables that will help shape the conference’s outcome.
