Pakistan demands full implementation of Gaza Peace Plan, as enclave remains in ruins

As Gaza’s fragile ceasefire frays and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, Pakistan has called for the full implementation of the United Nations Security Council-backed Peace Plan for recovery in the war-shattered enclave

UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd May, 2026) As Gaza’s fragile ceasefire frays and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, Pakistan has called for the full implementation of the United Nations Security Council-backed Peace Plan for recovery in the war-shattered enclave.

"Two years of devastating conflict have exacted an unbearable toll, and fragile gains since the October 2025 ceasefire now hang in balance," Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (UN), told the 15-member Council, which debated the situation in the Middle East on Thursday.

In this regard, he welcomed the ongoing work of United States President, Donald Trump's Board of Peace, an international coalition of leaders dedicated to achieving lasting peace and reconstruction in Gaza..

Resolution 2803 adopted last November endorsed the US peace plan to end the conflict, authorizing the Board of Peace transitional authority and backing an International Stabilization Force, paving the way for Israeli withdrawal.

According to the Board's first report, while the guns have largely fallen silent and food security for Palestinians has improved, “there is no recovery in Gaza”. Some 80 per cent of buildings in the Strip were damaged or destroyed, more than one million people lack permanent shelter, work and water are scarce and health and education systems have not been rebuilt.

Meanwhile, it said civilians were still being killed, families still live in fear, and movement restrictions continue to obstruct daily life. The withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, required by the ceasefire, has not yet taken place. Israeli restrictions and delays in delivering humanitarian aid were shaping Palestinians’ perceptions of whether the war is truly over.

In his remarks, Ambassador Asim Ahmad said the Pakistan government commended the sustained efforts of Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye and the United States in preserving dialogue and preventing further deterioration of the situation.

For its part, he said that Pakistan remained actively engaged as part of the Group of Eight Arab and Islamic countries, in full alignment with the State of Palestine and the broader Arab consensus.

Commenting on the Gaza situation, the Pakistani envoy said continued ceasefire violations by Israeli forces, and illegal impediments to humanitarian access persist.

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Over 880 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the ceasefire took effect. The Board’s report, he said, rightly warned that violations risk unraveling painstaking gains.

He demanded that all ceasefire violations end immediately, with verification and the reciprocity of actions ensuring full compliance with the ceasefire.

In addition, the Pakistani envoy strongly condemned the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, as well as the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of humanitarian workers onboard, including Saad Edhi of Pakistan.

“We demand the immediate release of all illegally detained activists,” he said, stressing that continued settler expansion in the West Bank hindered the two-State solution.

Ambassador Asim Ahmad also said critical elements of recovery and reconstruction that overlap with humanitarian imperatives, must not be conditional on other factors.

"Moreover," he added, "any viable framework must offer meaningful incentives for all parties, including a credible, time-bound pathway to statehood and self-determination, that was also the promise of the Peace Plan."

"That is our shared, ultimate goal, establishment of an independent, sovereign, contiguous State of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds and Al-Sharif as its capital, in line with UN Security Council resolutions and international legitimacy."

At the outset, Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory was becoming “increasingly precarious”, with mounting violence in both Gaza and the West Bank.

“In Gaza, delays in the implementation of resolution 2803, alongside daily violence and a continuing humanitarian crisis, have replaced the early momentum following the ceasefire,” he said.

While negotiations on the next phase of the October ceasefire continued, Alakbarov warned against any return to full-scale fighting.

“The people of Gaza cannot take more war,” he said. “This scenario must be avoided at all costs.”

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza remained severe, Alakbarov said. Nearly a million people across the enclave still needed urgent shelter assistance, while most of the population remained displaced.

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