{"id":74401,"date":"2024-03-23T05:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T05:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-launches-bid-for-unsc-seat-for-2025-26-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T05:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T05:46:59","slug":"pakistan-launches-bid-for-unsc-seat-for-2025-26-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-launches-bid-for-unsc-seat-for-2025-26-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan launches bid for UNSC seat for 2025-26 | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nNEWYORK:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has formally launched its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two year term from 2025 to 2026 with the promise of contributing meaningfully to the council\u2019s mandate for international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Munir Akram formally announced Pakistan\u2019s candidacy at a well-attended reception at the UN on Thursday held in connection with the Pakistan Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The reception at the Pakistani Mission to the UN in New York, was attended UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis, top diplomats from the UN permanent missions, officials, members of academia, media, civil society organisations and the Pakistani diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Akram underscored Pakistan\u2019s consistent efforts to champion the causes of the Global South and promote cooperative multilateralism. He also highlighted Pakistan\u2019s contributions to the UN and several notable achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking support from the international community for Pakistan\u2019s UNSC bid, Ambassador Akram expressed confidence in Pakistan\u2019s ability to contribute meaningfully to the UNSC\u2019s mandate for international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan\u2019s foreign policy is rooted in the principles of the UN Charter, including the non-use or threat of force in international relation, respect for sovereignty, and territorial integrity, right to self-determination and non-interference in internal affairs of states,\u201d Akram said.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned Pakistan\u2019s services on key UN bodies, including the UNSC, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Human Rights Council and Group of 77 besides the country\u2019s significant contributions to UN peacekeeping missions, with over 200,000 service members, serving in 46 missions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking as the chief guest at the reception, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis lauded Pakistan\u2019s \u201csteadfast, devoted and robust commitment\u201d to multilateralism, and its significant contributions to various UN bodies and platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan\u2019s journey has been punctuated by remarkable achievements and an unwavering spirit expressed in the resilience of its people,\u201d Francis said. He underscored Pakistan\u2019s consistent efforts to champion the causes of the Global South and promote cooperative multilateralism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take this opportunity to applaud Pakistan\u2019s consistent work \u2013 working alongside the membership of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation [OIC] \u2013 to elevate the concern about Islamophobia. \u201cPakistan\u2019s Ecosoc presidency in 2021\u2026 successfully achieved a consensus on debt relief and restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: \u00a0 Pakistan has formally launched its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two year term from 2025 to 2026 with the promise of contributing meaningfully to the council\u2019s mandate for international peace and security. Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Munir Akram formally announced Pakistan\u2019s candidacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/UNSC-meeting-on-Gaza-ceasefire-resolution1711117712-0\/UNSC-meeting-on-Gaza-ceasefire-resolution1711117712-0.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}