In a dispatch dated 12 October, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported that Pakistan's UN ceasefire appeal on Ukraine was delivered at a Security Council meeting on Friday. Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Islamabad's acting permanent representative, called for immediate de-escalation and a robust ceasefire after four years of the Russia-Ukraine war. He spoke after a new wave of Russian air strikes on Ukrainian civilian centres and critical infrastructure. Ukraine had asked the 15-member Council to meet.
What Jadoon told the Council
Jadoon warned that further military expansion is pushing a peace settlement out of reach and putting global commodity security under strain. The present intensification of fighting, he said, "does not portend well for the region and the wider neighbourhood." He added that such attacks tighten pressure on an already fragile global food and energy crisis, with consequences far beyond the war zone, especially in developing countries.
Military means, he said, cannot produce an enduring peace. Continuing the war, in his telling, deepens divisions, prolongs suffering, and shrinks the political space required for a settlement that can hold. He also raised recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, warning that extending the fighting to trade routes carries grave risks for the wider neighbourhood and for regional stability. Pakistan urged both Russia and Ukraine to exercise restraint at once and to respect international law and the UN Charter, the treaty that sets the basic rules for relations among member states.
Civilian harm reported to the Council
Khaled Khiari, a UN assistant secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs and for peace operations, briefed members on the current military situation in Ukraine. He said Russian attacks had reached "a new horrifying level." According to figures he cited from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN office that records civilian casualties, more than 100 civilians were killed and at least 429 were injured this week alone.
Talks Islamabad wants to see
Pakistan's UN ceasefire appeal on Ukraine also welcomed reports of a possible meeting bringing Russia and Ukraine together, with the United States facilitating. Jadoon said a robust ceasefire would give both states room to bridge their differences. "We value the efforts by the U.S. and its leadership to bring this conflict to an end," he said.
He concluded that Pakistan supports a comprehensive, durable and peaceful settlement, one that upholds the principles of the UN Charter and addresses the legitimate security concerns of all sides. The APP report did not mention a Council resolution, a vote, or an agreed ceasefire from Friday's meeting.
