Pakistan is an active member of several important regional and international organizations. It is a founding member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), whose goals include economic and social development in South Asia. Pakistan also plays an active role in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which aims to increase trade and investment between Asian and Eurasian countries. Additionally, Pakistan has been a member of the United Nations since 1947 and contributes troops to UN peacekeeping missions. It also participates in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which works to protect Muslim interests globally and support the Palestinian cause.

1. Pakistan's Role In Regional And
International Organizations

2. Definition and Types of
Organizations
 An international organization is an organization with
an international membership, scope, or presence.
There are three main types:
 International nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs): non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
that operate internationally. There are two types:
 International non-profit organizations.
 Examples include the World Organization of the Scout
Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross
 International corporations, referred to as
multinational corporations.
 Examples include The Coca-Cola Company and Toyota

3. Cont…
 Intergovernmental organizations, also known as
International Governmental Organizations (IGOs):
the type of organization most closely associated
with the term 'international organization', these are
organizations that are made up primarily of
sovereign states (referred to as member states).
 Notable examples include the United Nations (UN),
Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (CoE), European
Union (EU; which is a prime example of a
supranational organization), and World Trade
Organization (WTO). The UN has used the term
"intergovernmental organization" instead of
"international organization" for clarity.

4. South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
 Member-States
 Observers State

5. Cont…
 The South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South
Asian nations, which was established on 8 December
1985.
 The government of Bangladesh , Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka formally
adopted its charter.
 The promotion of economic and social progress,
cultural development within the South Asia region and
also for friendship and cooperation with other
developing countries.
 It is dedicated to economic, technological, social, and
cultural development emphasizing collective self-
reliance.

6. Cont…
 Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007.
Meetings of heads of state are usually
scheduled annually; meetings of foreign
secretaries, twice annually.
 It is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Four Founder States

7. Objectives
 To promote the welfare of the people of South Asia
and to improve their quality of life;
 To accelerate economic growth, social progress and
cultural development in the region and to provide all
individuals the opportunity to live in dignity and to
realize their full potential;
 To promote and strengthen selective self-reliance
among the countries of South Asia;
 To contribute to mutual trust, understanding and
appreciation of one another's problems
 To promote active collaboration and mutual
assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical
and scientific fields;
 To strengthen cooperation with other developing
countries;

8. Role of Pakistan
 Since the Association's start, Pakistan has been a
supporter of SAARC objectives and has remained
an active player on the SAARC platform.
 It has contributed meaningfully to the
establishment institutions and progress of the
Association.
 Pakistan supported a step by step approach for
enhancing cooperation and stresses the need for
better coordination of programs and consolidation
of the progress made so far.

9. (ECO)
 The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is an
inter-governmental organization involving seven Asian
and three Eurasian nations part of the South-central
Asian Union.
 It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve
development and promote trade, and investment
opportunities.
 The common objective is to establish a single market for
goods and services, much like the European Union.

10. History
 ECO's secretariat and cultural department are
located in Tehran, its economic bureau is in Turkey
and its scientific bureau is situated in Pakistan.
 The organization was founded by Turkey, Iran and
Pakistan.
 Economic Cooperation Organization is an inter-
governmental regional organization established in
1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for the purpose of
promoting economic, technical and cultural
cooperation among the member states.

11. Pakistan’s Role in ECO
 ECO currently is engaged in energy crisis
resolution and meetings are being held in Tehran.
 And by resolving this problem all the members will
facilitated by it specially Pakistan. Because besides
the potentiality of the country in many a sectors
still they are not operating at an efficient level
which is required according to the current need of
the scenario.
 Pakistan’s potential in telecommunication,
agriculture, food, industry, trade and many other
sectors made it significant as it can play its role for
the betterment of rest of the member nations by
providing them with assistance financially and
technically both.

12. United Nation Organizations (UNO)
 The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental
organization with the stated aims of promoting and
facilitating co-operation in International law, International
Security, Economic Development , Social Progress, Human
Rights, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Political
Freedoms, Democracy, and the achievement of
lasting world peace.
 The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace
the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and
to provide a platform for dialogue.
 It contains multiple subsidiary
organizations to carry out its missions.

13. Role of Pakistan
 Pakistan officially joined the United Nations (UN) on 30
September 1947 just over a month after its independence
from the British Empire.
 Today, it is a charter member and participates in all of the UN's
specialized agencies and organizations.
 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.
 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

14. Organization of Islamic Organization
 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is an international
organization consisting of 57 member states. The
organization states that it is "the collective voice of
the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the
interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting
international peace and harmony“.
 The OIC has a permanent delegation to the United Nations,
and is the largest international organization outside the
United Nations.
 The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English and
French.
 Leaders of Muslim nations met in Rabat to establish the
OIC on 25 September 1969.

15. Member Countries of OIC

16. Role of Pakistan in OIC
 In line with OIC strong stance against the occupation of
Palestine by Israel, Pakistan has continuously adopted a stance
against Israel, while maintaining moral solidarity with Palestine
 Military Cooperation
 Pakistan is though to have developed its atomic bomb
programme with millions of dollars of contributory aid from
(mostly) Saudi Arabia and Libyan oil wealth
 Pakistan has always used OIC as a platform to gather support
on the Kahmir conflict against the Republic of India. In 1969
King Hassan of Morocco invited the Government of India for the
1969 Summit in Rabat
 As a goodwill gesture of China's veto power in support of
Pakistan at the UN Security Council, for example the Chinese
opposition of UNSC resolution at Pakistan's behest demanding
a ban on the militant organization Jama'at-ud-Da'wah following
the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Pakistan assured China, that the OIC
will not pass any resolution condemning China's 'strike hard'
campaign against the Uighur Muslim minority. Pakistan