At the UN Security Council, Pakistan has called for ending the suffering and abuse of women and girls under foreign occupation such as in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the world body in New York, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war, torture, terrorism, political repression, and as a tool to consolidate illegal occupation of territories.
Speaking in a debate on conflict-related sexual violence under the 15-member Council’s agenda item on women, peace and security, he demanded that this disturbing trend must be condemned and “resolutely” addressed.
The Pakistani envoy called the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a “glaring example”.
He said similar patterns are seen in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where sexual violence has long been deployed to punish and humiliate communities.
