UN General Assembly adopts unanimous resolution against drones strikes

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a unanimous resolution against the US drone attacks. The resolution was tabled by Pakistan and several other countries in the UN General Assembly.
The resolution urged the international community to observe international laws with regard to the drone strikes.
Since 2004 the United States has carried out hundreds of missile attacks from unmanned aircraft on suspected militants linked to the Taliban and Qaeda.
The vast majority of them have hit targets in the seven tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, which have a separate legal and political governance system from the rest of the country.
The number and identity of casualties is often hard to determine because the tribal areas are off-limits to foreign journalists and aid organisations, but the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates deaths at between 2,500 and 3,700.
Hundreds of civilians have died in the attacks, according to various estimates, prompting outrage in Pakistan and abroad.
A major report last month from rights campaigners Amnesty International said the US may be guilty of war crimes.

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