Delivering a statement at the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian Question, Pakistan's Alternate Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar said the bloodshed in Gaza must end. He asked the international community to finally come together to defend and uphold the universal respect for the UN Charter and international law.He impressed upon the Security Council to establish safe and secure humanitarian corridors to allow people to access life-saving care and prioritize reconstruction efforts aimed at rebuilding of Gaza’s shattered healthcare system.Asim Iftikhar reiterated Pakistan's call for the grant of full membership of the United Nations to Palestine and termed this step as a moral imperative that will ensure the irreversibility of the Two-State solution.