The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar, will travel to New York to participate in the High Level Meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on “Practice multilateralism: to reform and improve global governance,” scheduled for February 18, 2025.
The meeting has been convened by China under its rotary presidency of the UNSC for the month of February 2025. It will be chaired by China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi.
Pakistan welcomes this timely initiative in China, which underlines the critical importance of multilateralism to address today’s complex global challenges.
In his comments, FM will reaffirm the strong commitment of Pakistan with the principles of multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations to promote international peace, security and sustainable development. It will also highlight the priorities of Pakistan as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the term 2025-2026, emphasizing the importance of dialogue, cooperation and global inclusive governance.
Apart from the CSNU meeting, it is also expected that they celebrate bilateral meetings with their counterparts, as well as senior UN officials.
Pakistan remains a firm defender of multilateralism and is ready to contribute constructively to collective efforts for global peace, security and development.
China will work on the priorities of reaffirmation of the commitment of the Member States with multilateralism and the improvement of global governance, they reported earlier this month in the early media citando, Fu Cong, the permanent representative of Beijing before the UN
As the world enters a very turbulent period and the number of conflicts worldwide reaches a new maximum from the Cold War, there is a growing call in the international community, between the Global South in particular, to reform and improve The global governance system, he, he said.
“In the Security Council, solidarity and cooperation are replaced by division and confrontation. Very often, the Council has not been able to do anything in front of the great security crises. This situation cannot continue,” said Fu a Press conference on the UNSC work program program for the month.
