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Ambassador Akram says “more permanent members will compound Council’s inequality and dysfunctionality”
APP
February 17, 2021
UNITED NATIONS:
Adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council will not make the 15-member body more representative, democratic or accountable, said top Pakistani diplomat in the US on Tuesday, while advocating for expanding in the non-permanent category.
“More permanent members will compound the Council’s inequality and dysfunctionality,” Ambassador Munir Akram said, as the long-running Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) aimed at enlarging the Security Council resumed, with the so-called group of four India, Brazil, Germany and Japan pushing for permanent seats at theh UN’s high table.
Pakistan highlights rising Islamophobia at UN event
Reaffirms commitment to promoting religious tolerance at International Day of Human Fraternity
APP
February 05, 2021
UNITED NATIONS:
Pakistan has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting religious tolerance, understanding and cooperation at home and abroad at a virtual event held to commemorate the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity. The day was observed on Thursday. A recent manifestation of this commitment is the opening of Kartarpur Corridor, the world s largest Gurdwara, allowing easy access to our Sikh brothers from the neighborhood and all across the world, Pakistan Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Aamir Khan said.
Pakistan warns of Indian false flag operations at UN
India concocts fake news to malign Pakistan and perpetrates terrorism and subversion, says Munir Akram
Ambassador Munir Akram. PHOTO: APP/FILE
In another warning to the United Nations (UN), Islamabad s envoy to the world body warned of Indian false flag operations against the country to justify its aggression towards Pakistan.
India concocts fake news to malign Pakistan and perpetrates terrorism and subversion against the country, said Pakistan s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram while addressing a debate in the UN General Assembly.
“On one hand, India suppressed the Kashmiri people s right to self-determination, given to them under the UN Security Council Resolutions, through unabated atrocities by its forces; while on the other hand, it started the campaign to turn the Muslim majority state of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) into a Hindu majority territory by permitting over h
Cautions if vaccine not made available throughout a large part of developing world, virus will return
APP
January 28, 2021
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS:
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) president, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, has renewed the call for ensuring equitable access and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, saying it was “vital” to control the deadly pandemic and for quick recovery of the virus-hit world economy.
“If the vaccine is not available through[out] a large part of the developing world, the virus will roam and return, triggering periodic shutdowns,” he said, while pointing out that it would further impede the economic recovery in the developing countries and slow down the global recovery.