Overview
- Pakistan used a March UN Security Council debate to call for an immediate ceasefire and a fast return to peace negotiations.
- Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said only sustained, structured dialogue can deliver a just peace and rejected a military solution.
- UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher reported civilian casualties now far exceed last year and that strikes on homes, schools, hospitals, and energy systems are cutting people off from basics.
- Pakistan said the war’s length has deepened global rifts and noted that a separate crisis in the Middle East has disrupted Ukraine talks.
- The session ran under the United States’ March presidency of the Council, and Pakistan pledged support for initiatives grounded in the UN Charter and international law.