Pakistan warns UN against water weaponisation

Summary

• Pakistan’s First Secretary Adeel Mumtaz Khokhar made the remarks during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council while the body considered a resolution on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.
• Pakistan welcomed the decision to retain the reference to transboundary water cooperation in the final resolution.
• The UN document identifies the measure as draft resolution A/HRC/63/L.34, titled “The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation”.

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GENEVA: Pakistan has urged the United Nations to prevent the use of shared water resources as a means of political pressure, warning that water must not become a tool of coercion or conflict.

Pakistan’s First Secretary Adeel Mumtaz Khokhar made the remarks during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council while the body considered a resolution on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

The resolution, introduced by Germany and Spain, was adopted without a vote. Pakistan played an active role in ensuring that the final text retained a reference to cooperation over transboundary water resources.