United Nations, May 23, 2019: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will on Friday preside over a special ceremony in New York at which the Dag Hammarskjold Medal will be awarded posthumously to 119 military, police and civilian peacekeepers, including a Pakistani, who lost their lives in 2018 and early 2019, the UN announced Wednesday. The…
United Nations, May 2, 2019: Pakistan has again called for a just and lasting resolution of the Kashmir dispute, which along with the Palestine issue needs them to be addressed by the U.N. Security Council, to promote international peace and security. Speaking in the 15-member Council’s debate on the situation in the Middle East, Pakistan’s…
United Nations, April 12, 2019: A UN rights experts has said the arrest of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange by police in the United Kingdom, after the Ecuadorian Government decided to stop granting him asylum in their London embassy, exposed him to “the risk o f serious human rights violations”, if extradited to the United States….
United Nations, April 12, 2019: UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said that the “democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people” need to be realized through “an appropriate and inclusive transition process”, following the overthrow and arrest of President Omar al-Bashir by order of the country’s new military governing council. In a statement issued in New York…
United Nations, April 12, 2019: Pakistan is increasing women’s participation in UN peacekeeping missions and has already met the 15 per cent goal set by the world body in the female component of its troop contributions, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has told the Security Council. “We believe, increased participation of female peacekeepers, and encouraging more women…