PAKISTAN POLICY WITH
UN
Pakistan Relation With UNO
 Pakistan joined the UN on September
30, 1947, after its independence and
has been an active participant in the
UN and its specialized agencies and
other bodies, as well as in various
specialized UN conferences.
ROLE IN UNO
 In 1993 Pakistan was elected to a two-year term
on the UN Security Council
 In addition, Pakistani nationals have contributed
their skills within the UN itself. For example, in
1987, Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani woman
physician, became executive director of the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with
the rank of undersecretary general.
 Pakistan has also been the recipient of
assistance from UN development organizations,
including the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) and the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a variety of
fields such as agriculture, water and sanitation,
national planning, and human development.
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 The UNDP, for example, allocated more
than US$87 million for assistance to
Pakistan for the 1992-96 program
period.
 Pakistan maintains a permanent
mission to the UN, which is currently
headed by Ambassador Abdullah
Hussain Haroon in New York.
 There is a second mission based at the
UNO office in Geneva, Switzerland.
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 The Pakistani military has played a key role
in the UN's peacekeeping programme in
different parts of the world, most prominently
in Somalia , Sierra
Leone, Bosnia, Congo and Liberia.
 The UN continues to remain a keen observer
of the Kashmir conflict between Pakistan and
India, centring around the disputed state of
Jammu and Kashmir.
 Since the transfer of power to both countries
in 1947 of the divided territory, the UN has
played an extensive role in regulating and

Pakistan policy with un

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    Pakistan Relation WithUNO  Pakistan joined the UN on September 30, 1947, after its independence and has been an active participant in the UN and its specialized agencies and other bodies, as well as in various specialized UN conferences.
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    ROLE IN UNO In 1993 Pakistan was elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council  In addition, Pakistani nationals have contributed their skills within the UN itself. For example, in 1987, Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani woman physician, became executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the rank of undersecretary general.  Pakistan has also been the recipient of assistance from UN development organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a variety of fields such as agriculture, water and sanitation, national planning, and human development.
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    CONTINUE…..  The UNDP,for example, allocated more than US$87 million for assistance to Pakistan for the 1992-96 program period.  Pakistan maintains a permanent mission to the UN, which is currently headed by Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon in New York.  There is a second mission based at the UNO office in Geneva, Switzerland.
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    CONTINUE…..  The Pakistanimilitary has played a key role in the UN's peacekeeping programme in different parts of the world, most prominently in Somalia , Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Congo and Liberia.  The UN continues to remain a keen observer of the Kashmir conflict between Pakistan and India, centring around the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir.  Since the transfer of power to both countries in 1947 of the divided territory, the UN has played an extensive role in regulating and