- India’s decision to suspend the IWT violation of Int’l Law, says Jadoon.
- Islamabad calls on Delhi to strictly comply with his legal obligations.
- UNSC has to play role against violations of the world law, says Diplomat.
The United Nations: A Senior Pakistani Diplomat has condemned India’s “vicious design” to prevent the flow of water guaranteed to Pakistan during the 1960 Indus Water Treaty and urged New Delhi to refrain from stopping, derogating or limiting rivers that go downstream.
“We will never accept such traits,” Vice President of Pakistan told UN Ambassador Usman Jadoon to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ‘s Arria Formula Meeting on’ Protection of Water in Armed Conflict ‘while highlighting India’s attempted arms.
Arria formula meetings are informal that enables members of the Security Council to have an honest and private viewing of relevant topics.
The meeting of the 15-member advice on ‘protection of water in armed conflict’ was called by Slovenia in collaboration with Algeria, Panama, Sierra Leone and the Global Alliance to reserve water from armed conflicts.
Opening the debate emphasized Slovenia’s Secretary of State Melita Gabric the critical role that protection of water and related infrastructure under armed conflicts plays in protecting civilian life and saying: “The protection of civilian and civilian objects under international humanitarian law is non-conveyable.”
The UNSC forum held the discussion of the protection of water infrastructure in the wake of New Delhi’s threats of cutting Islamabad’s stream of water. Following the deadly April attack on tourists in Indian -occupied illegal Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) Pahagam, India accuses Islamabad, New Delhi “resolved” his participation in the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960.
Pakistan has denied involvement in the incident, but the agreement has not been revived despite the two nuclear armed neighbors who agreed on a ceasefire earlier this month after the worst matches between them for decades.
In his remarks, the Pakistani envoy pointed out that attacks against water resources, related infrastructure and denial of access to these resources constitute an obvious violation of established norms and widely accepted principles, also noting that they have not confirmed their principles and strongly condemned the illegal denial of such access and deprived of civilians that they will realize that they survive their survival.
“India’s decision to illegally and unilaterally suspend the 1960 Indus Water’s Treaty (IWT), aimed at preventing the flow of water guaranteed to Pakistan under the Treaty, is a serious violation of international law, including Human Rights Law, the treaty and the usual international law,” said Ambassador Jadoon.
“Disruptive statements from Indian leadership to ‘starve the people of Pakistan’ depict a very dangerous and perverse thinking,” he said.
“We strongly condemn India’s illegal announcement to hold the Treaty in Abeyance and urge India to strictly comply with his legal obligations and refrain from stopping, diverting or limiting rivers that are a lifeline for 240 million people in Pakistan.”
He called for UNSC to play a role in identifying situations where violations of international law, including the international humanitarian law (IHL) principles, could jeopardize peace and security or lead to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and act preventively.
Finally, Ambassador Jadoon supported the calls for full compliance with IHL and international human rights laws, especially for the protection of water resources and related infrastructure.
