Pakistan urges UNSC to hold India accountable for war crimes in Jammu Kashmir

• Akram says inaction by the 15-member body in cases of foreign aggression and occupation comes at a high human cost.
• Munir says India's failed attempt to exploit the coronavirus crisis was aimed to enhance its control in Occupied Kashmir.

(Karachi) Pakistan's Permanent Representative Munir Akram has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene and hold India accountable for breaching international humanitarian law and war crimes in Jammu and Kashmir. He also called the UNSC to take measures to settle the Kashmir dispute.

He expressed these views while addressing the virtual meeting of the Security Council on the 'Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in New York on Thursday.

Akram said that inaction by the 15-member body in cases of foreign aggression and occupation comes at a high human cost.

He asked the UNSC to focus on the root causes of emerging and long-standing conflicts, including Kashmir and Palestine, and find inclusive political solutions.

He said India's failed attempt to exploit the coronavirus crisis was aimed to enhance its control in Occupied Kashmir which has been under a lockdown for almost nine months.