{"id":31630,"date":"2024-04-02T11:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T06:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=31630"},"modified":"2024-04-02T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T06:40:55","slug":"pakistan-elected-as-chair-of-un-disarmament-commission-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/pakistan-elected-as-chair-of-un-disarmament-commission-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan elected as Chair of UN Disarmament Commission 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Pakistan has been unanimously elected Chairman of the UN Disarmament Commission at its 2024 session, Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/pakun.org\/press-releases\/2024\/04012024-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan opened its 2024 session amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns over deepening mistrust between some of the world\u2019s largest military Powers, the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Disarmament Commission is a vital subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly which makes recommendations on various issues in the field of disarmament.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that, the deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN Ambassador Usman Jadoon while speaking on the occasion assured to keep Pakistan&#8217;s ethos and tradition of multilateral diplomacy and be an honest broker and a facilitator of dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/no-need-for-foreign-advice-on-elections-pakistan-tells-foreign-nations\/\">No need for Foreign Advice on Elections, Pakistan tells foreign Nations<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be listening to you patiently and attentively, and collaborating with the members of the extended bureau to utilize the available time efficiently and effectively,&#8221; he told delegates. The UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, was present, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, according to the press release, Ambassador Jadoon said that it is a matter of great honor and privilege to have been elected as the<br \/>\nChairperson of the UN Disarmament Commission\u2019s 2024 substantive session. &#8220;I extend my gratitude to the Asia-Pacific Group for nominating me to this position, and to all UN Member States for reposing their confidence in me to lead the Commission\u2019s deliberations this year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, taking part in the general debate, Pakistan&#8217;s Ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram said that the security environment in South Asia has deteriorated sharply in recent years, as the region&#8217;s largest state has embarked on a program of massive armament. He shared Pakistan\u2019s proposals for a comprehensive program of disarmament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Pakistan has been unanimously elected Chairman of the UN Disarmament Commission at its 2024 session, Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a press release on Monday. Pakistan opened its 2024 session amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns over deepening mistrust between some of the world\u2019s largest military Powers, the statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":31638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,3],"tags":[553,14284,14285,14283,14286],"class_list":["post-31630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-world","tag-ambassador-munir-akram","tag-ambassador-usman-jadoon","tag-pakistan-in-united-nations","tag-pakistan-un-disarmament-commission","tag-un-disarmament-commission-2024-chair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}