Munir Akram briefs NDU’s delegation about key issues on UN agenda, highlights Kashmir
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram has briefed a delegation of the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, about international and regional issues on United Nations’ agenda and Pakistan’s role at the world body.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the delegation, comprising 12 members, is led by NDU’s Chief Instructor Major General Naeem Akhtar. It is currently in the United States attending a National Security and War Course (23-24).
Ambassador Akram told the delegation that Pakistan plays an active role in all organs of the United Nations, especially highlighting the Kashmir dispute.
Ambassador Munir Akram said that the Pakistan Mission was making all possible efforts to secure implementation of the Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, and drawing the international community’s attention to the human rights abuses in the Indian occupied territory.
Pakistan was also making a vital contribution to the UN peacekeeping operations in hot spots around the world, he added.
Talking about challenges facing Pakistan, he termed terrorism as a leading threat to national security, stressing the enormous sacrifices Pakistan had made in combating terrorism.
A question-answer session followed the ambassador’s presentation in which the participants raised the challenges of peacekeeping; the ongoing Gaza conflict in the Middle East; paralysis of the UN Security Council and Sino-US competition.
