Ahead of a Wednesday meeting in Washington between Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Obama–and despite a flurry of intense criticism from the United Nations, human rights groups, and victims and their family–the White House continues to defend its borderless, secretive drone killing programs.

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Among the key agenda items for today’s meeting, Sharif has made it clear he will raise the concern of his people that the continued U.S. attacks are leaving many civilian casualties, destabilizing already fragile parts of the country, and is expected to repeat his demand that the drone campaign be stopped.

“It’s time to end the black hole of accountability on drone strikes. The US is behaving like a hit-and-run driver.” –Naureen Shah, Amnesty International

During a speech given at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Sharif indicated he would stress for Obama “the need for an end to drone attacks” in the tribal areas, which he considers a blatant and unwelcome assault on his nation’s sovereignty.

“The use of drones is not only a continual violation of our territorial integrity but also detrimental to our resolve and efforts at eliminating terrorism from our country,” he said.

Despite that, however, Sharif said he will continue to support the U.S. military endeavors in neighboring Afghanistan and is committed to continue the working partnership between the two countries.

Last week, two separate reports from special UN investigators (here and here) were presented to the world body, both calling into question the legal framework and human rights implications of the ongoing use of U.S. drones to carry out extrajudicial targeted killings in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and elsewhere.

And on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International presented their most in-depth studies to date looking at the innocent civilians of U.S. drone attacks, which they indicated could amount to international ‘war crimes’ and called on the international community to both investigate past incidents and challenge the U.S. government over its secretive, dangerous, and counterproductive approach to counterterrorism.