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Pakistan has called at the United Nations for immediate halt to the U.S. drone strikes on its soil through urgent and intense dialogue. Speaking during a UN Security Council debate on the situation in Afghanistan‚ Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Masood Khan said drone strikes infringe the country’s sovereignty‚ violate international law and cause […]
Despite last week’s closure of the Taliban office in Doha, Pakistan has fervently called for pursuing the Afghan peace process aimed at bringing the over a decade old war to an end. “The window on the Doha track should not be shut. This initiative should be pursued,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan told a closed-door […]
Pakistan vote in favour of the resolution adopted in the General Assembly on Tuesday on Arms Trade Treaty to demonstrate solidarity with the people and States negatively impacted by the illicit trade in conventional arms, particularly small arms and light weapons. Speaking on the occasion Pakistan’s Permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Masood Khan […]
Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to take “impartial” action in a bid to protect civilians on the ground in situations of armed conflict. “It is a grim reality that today in armed conflicts around the globe, civilians account for the vast majority of casualties,” Pakistan UN Ambassador told the 15-member Council in […]
Pakistan assumes presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of January 2013. Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will formally assume the Presidency on January 1. Pakistan was elected last year as a non-permanent member of the 15-member body. This is for the first time that Pakistan […]
Pakistan has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system. Pakistan, which had the endorsement of the Asia Group, polled 171 votes, when 97 were required. The United States and Germany won a closely contested race among western nations. In Asia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, South Korea […]
