Pakistan launches bid for UNSC seat for 2025-26

Pakistan has formally launched its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) for a two 12 months time period from 2025 to 2026 with the promise of contributing meaningfully to the council’s mandate for worldwide peace and safety.

Pakistan’s Everlasting Consultant to UN Ambassador Munir Akram formally introduced Pakistan’s candidacy at a well-attended reception on the UN on Thursday held in reference to the Pakistan Day celebrations.

The reception on the Pakistani Mission to the UN in New York, was attended UN Common Meeting (UNGA) President Dennis Francis, prime diplomats from the UN everlasting missions, officers, members of academia, media, civil society organisations and the Pakistani diaspora.

Talking on the event, Akram underscored Pakistan’s constant efforts to champion the causes of the World South and promote cooperative multilateralism. He additionally highlighted Pakistan’s contributions to the UN and a number of other notable achievements.

Searching for help from the worldwide neighborhood for Pakistan’s UNSC bid, Ambassador Akram expressed confidence in Pakistan’s potential to contribute meaningfully to the UNSC’s mandate for worldwide peace and safety.

“Pakistan’s overseas coverage is rooted within the ideas of the UN Constitution, together with the non-use or risk of power in worldwide relation, respect for sovereignty, and territorial integrity, proper to self-determination and non-interference in inner affairs of states,” Akram stated.

He talked about Pakistan’s companies on key UN our bodies, together with the UNSC, Financial and Social Council (ECOSOC), Human Rights Council and Group of 77 moreover the nation’s vital contributions to UN peacekeeping missions, with over 200,000 service members, serving in 46 missions worldwide.

Talking because the chief visitor on the reception, UN Common Meeting (UNGA) President Dennis Francis lauded Pakistan’s “steadfast, devoted and strong dedication” to multilateralism, and its vital contributions to numerous UN our bodies and platforms.

“Pakistan’s journey has been punctuated by exceptional achievements and an unwavering spirit expressed within the resilience of its individuals,” Francis stated. He underscored Pakistan’s constant efforts to champion the causes of the World South and promote cooperative multilateralism.

“I take this chance to applaud Pakistan’s constant work – working alongside the membership of the Group of Islamic Cooperation [OIC] – to raise the priority about Islamophobia. “Pakistan’s Ecosoc presidency in 2021… efficiently achieved a consensus on debt reduction and restructuring.”