FM Qureshi: Over 50 nations supported Pak stance on IoK at UNHRC

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi  Tuesday night   said that Pakistan had achieved a  biggest success at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as   over 50 countries supported Pakistan's stance on Indian occupied Kashmir.In his tweet late on Tuesday night, FM Qureshi said:  "Pakistan today also announces the delivery of a historic joint statement on behalf of over 50 countries to the UN Human Rights Council." They also asked the council to immediately take steps as per their demands.Qureshi tweeted: Demands put forward in joint statement consistent with the UN Charter, Security Council resolutions,  human rights standards and international law:The human rights council was asked to take the following steps: -- Respect and protection of the fundamental human rights of the people of  Indian administrated Jammu and Kashmir, especially right to life , liberty, and security;-- Immediate lifting of curfew, ending the communications shutdown and release of arbitrary detained people;-- Immediate halt to the excessive use of force. especially the use of pallet guns;-- Access of human rights organisations and international media.-- implementation of the recommendations of OHCHR's Kashmir Report including the establishment of the UN Commission of Inquiry to  investigate egregious human rights violations in the valley;-- Regular reporting by the UN High Commissioner for human rights on Jammu and Kashmir.Earlier on Tuesday, in his  address to the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Qureshi referring to India's recent actions in Kashmir said: "Today, I have knocked on the doors of the HRC, the repository of the world’s conscience on human rights, to seek justice and respect for the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.Qureshi added: "We must not allow this  eminent body to be embarrassed on the world stage. As a founding member of this council, Pakistan feels morally and ethically bound to prevent this from occurring,"  adding that in order to do so the UNHRC should not remain indifferent to the tragedy that was unfolding in Kashmir."The people of this occupied valley are suffering from serial violations of their fundamental freedoms." Qureshi added that the innocent Kashmiris had been "virtually caged by an illegal military occupation" for the past six weeks.