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ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (KUNA) -- The federal cabinet of Pakistan Wednesday
expressed serious concern and strong disappointment over the US decision to
support a permanent seat for India at the UN Security Council and warned of
implications for peace, security and stability in Asia.
"This decision has grave ramifications for the direction and prospects of
the system of multilateral cooperation as envisaged by the founding father of
UN Charter," according to a resolution adopted by the Cabinet and released to
the media.
The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stated
that it was incomprehensible that the US has sought to support India, whose
credentials with respect to observing UN Charter principles and international
law are at best checkered.
"This is most explicitly illustrated by Indias disregard of Security
Council Resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir and gross and systematic violations
of the fundamental human rights of the Kashmiri people."
"The future of the UN and of succeeding generations cannot and must not be
premised on considerations of power politics, politics of expediency, bereft
of morals and ideals, which must be the guiding spirit for an enlightened
international order," the resolution said.
The resolution stated that Pakistan, along with a large number of members
of the international community, supports a principled process of reform of the
Security Council.
"This process should be based on respect for the cardinal principles of UN
Charter including the principle of sovereign equality of states." (end)
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