PM Shehbaz Sharif to address 193-member UNGA on September 27
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 27.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the prime minister, who departed here for New York on Saturday, wrote on his X timeline that he looked forward to a busy week full of engagements to take up global issues, promoting peace, development and climate action, besides representing Pakistan’s perspective to the world, advocating country’s interests and strengthening international partnerships.
According to the curtain raiser issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday, the prime minister, in his address to the 193-member UNGA, would emphasize the importance of addressing long-standing issues on the agenda of the UN Security Council, including Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine.
“The UN General Assembly’s High-Level segment offers a crucial platform for Pakistan to highlight its perspectives on important issues of regional and international importance. He will highlight Pakistan’s priority to place people at the heart of the domestic and global development agenda.
He will also express Pakistan’s commitment, as an incoming member of the UN Security Council for the year 2025-26, to work with all UN Member States to uphold the UN Charter, preventing conflict, fostering peace, and promoting global prosperity,” according to the Foreign Office statement.
Prime Minister Shehbaz will attend several high-level meetings on the sidelines of the UNGA session, including the high-level meeting on existential threat posed by Sea-level Rise,” and the UN Security Council’s Open Debate on “Leadership for Peace”.
