Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has called for resolving festering disputes involving the peoples’ right to self-determination like Palestine and Kashmir.

Speaking to an international youth delegation at the Pakistan Mission, he said that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East highlighted the need for a push to settle old disputes.

Munir Akram said that India had denied Kashmiris their inalienable right to self-determination in contravention of international law, the UN Charter and the UN Security Council resolutions.

He also lauded the youth’s commitment to peace-building and fighting climate change.