The Foreign Office on Saturday hailed the adoption of a Pakistan-sponsored resolution by the UN General Assembly on measures to combat Islamophobia.
Titled “Measures to Combat Islamophobia”, the Foreign Office said the resolution was presented by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation as a follow-up of the General Assembly Resolution 76/254, which designated March 15 as the International Day to combat Islamophobia, and passed by an “overwhelming majority” of 115 votes to 44 abstentions. India and Israel abstained while China, the United States and Russia voted in favour.
“The General Assembly has condemned the incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence against Muslims as manifested in the increasing number of incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran, attacks on mosques, sites and shrines and other acts of religious intolerance, negative stereotyping, hatred and violence against Muslims,” the Foreign Office said.
