Emphasising the United Nations General Assembly’s status as the only UN forum with universal representation, Pakistan has urged the 193-member body to enhance the credibility of its decisions by setting up a mechanism to monitor the implementation of its own resolutions, APP reports.

“This authority is explicit whenever the Security Council is unable to act or is prevented from acting,” Ambassador Munir Akram said in a debate on revitalising how the General Assembly works.

In this regard, the Pakistani envoy cited the Oct 27 Assembly resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Israel’s war on Gaza after the Security Council was stymied by the major powers’ use of votes.

“In such circumstances,” he added, “the voice of the entire membership has not only moral but also considerable legal force,” noting that the Assembly’s recommendations create obligations for the entire international community and the UN system.