Pakistan called for intensifying efforts to strengthen child protection by addressing root causes of conflicts

A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, ahead of his funeral. PHOTO: AFP

UNITED NATIONS:

Highlighting that children living under foreign occupation are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses and violence, Pakistan on Wednesday called for intensifying efforts to strengthen child protection by addressing root causes of conflicts and resolving them through peaceful means.

“In Occupied Palestinian Territory – both in Gaza and the West Bank – countless children have been killed or scarred for life,” Pakistani delegate Zulfiqar Ali said in his remarks to the UN Security Council meeting held under Arria-Formula format named after a former Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN, Diego Arriva.