Pakistan says enabling people of Palestine and Kashmir to exercise their right to self-determination must be the UN Security Council (UNSC) priority objective.

Participating in a debate at the UN in New York, Pakistan Ambassador Munir Akram said Palestinians and Kashmiris have not been granted their rights due to foreign occupation and suppression for over seven decades.

Munir Akram said the United Nations did not succeed is restoring durable global peace due to its failure in ensuring universal respect for human rights.