ISLAMABAD: Pakistan joined member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab Group at the United Nations to draw urgent attention to Israel’s continued efforts to accelerate the annexation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), in violation of international law, said a statement from the permanent mission of Pakistan to the UN on social media platform X.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, participated in a press stakeout organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the UN.
The representative of Türkiye, speaking in her capacity as chair of the OIC, delivered a joint statement on behalf of the group.
The statement further said that the OIC expressed serious concern over the expansion of Israeli settlement plans in the E1 area, warning that such measures threaten the territorial unity of the occupied Palestinian territory by fragmenting the West Bank and isolating East Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings.
The statement also highlighted concerns over land registration measures, property seizures, land expropriation, and the appropriation of sites with religious, cultural, and historical significance.
It further condemned continued incursions by extremist Israeli settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and cited ongoing forcible displacement of Palestinians through restrictions on movement, home demolitions, land confiscations, and settler violence.
The OIC additionally criticized the approval of a military compound on the site of the former UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem.
Addressing the situation in Gaza, the group said continued Israeli military operations, expanding control over territory, and restrictions on humanitarian assistance were causing immense suffering for Palestinian civilians.
The OIC called on the UN Security Council and all states to take urgent measures to halt annexation activities and ensure accountability under international law, the statement concluded.
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