Pakistan Urges UNESCO to Support UNRWA’s Educational Activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory

Independent Report.
Islamabad, November 25 Pakistan’s Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, has called for the continued and unimpeded operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of Palestinian refugees.
Addressing the Eighth Special Session of the UNESCO Executive Board, Ahmad emphasized the significance of the discussion, highlighting that education in Gaza has been attacked at an unprecedented level, impacting the entire student population.
“Pakistan supports continued and unimpeded operations of UNRWA for Palestinian refugees – Calls for accountability of Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza
Pakistan joined other delegations in requesting the Eighth Special Session of the UNESCO’s Executive Board to support the continuity of UNRWA’s educational activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Ambassador of Pakistan to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO highlighted that this discussion was significant in many respects. Nowhere else in the world today has education been attacked to a level seen in Gaza, he added.
With the entire student population impacted, around 10,000 students killed and another 15,000 injured, more than 300 schools destroyed or damaged, and over 100,000 students displaced, the Ambassador emphasized that the need to support UNRWA’s educational activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory had never been more urgent.
Pakistan calls for accountability for Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. We demand that those responsible for these atrocities be held accountable.
We urge the international community to take immediate action to provide protection to the Palestinian people, particularly children and women, and to support UNRWA’s humanitarian efforts.
Pakistan reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian people and their just cause. We will continue to advocate for their rights and dignity, and to support their struggle for self-determination and freedom.”