23-11-2024 01:14 AM Jerusalem Timing

Pakistan to Raise Drone Issue at UN Human Rights Council

Pakistan to Raise Drone Issue at UN Human Rights Council

Pakistan on Thursday said it would raise the issue of US drone strikes inside its territory at the United Nations Human Rights Council

Pakistan on Thursday said it would raise the issue of US drone strikes inside its territory at the United Nations Human Rights Council.Anti-US, NATO
  
"We will go to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva if the drone strikes continue" Tasneem Aslam, the spokeswoman for the ministry of foreign affairs said in a weekly news conference.
  
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on December 18 2013 calling on states using drone strikes as a counter-terrorism measure to comply with their obligations under international law and the UN Charter.
  
But in the latest US missile strike after the UN resolution, at least three people were killed late on Wednesday night in Miranshah in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.
  
Pakistan's foreign ministry condemned the fresh attack, terming it a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
  
Ties between the US and Pakistan have been seriously strained over US drone strikes in Pakistan. Human rights groups and Pakistani politicians say the missile attacks have killed innocent civilians and are a breach of sovereignty.
  
President Barack Obama has defended the drone strikes as an ‘effective, lawful tool’ used with ‘restraint’ to target suspected Al-Qaeda militants.