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United Nations, New York – 25 November 2025(Kamran Raja): Pakistan has called for a comprehensive and coordinated global effort to address human trafficking by focusing on its underlying causes, including economic disparities, limited legal pathways for regular migration, and the need for conflict prevention and resolution. Speaking at the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, warned that restrictive visa policies and stringent border control regimes risk worsening existing challenges and driving vulnerable individuals toward human smugglers. Ambassador Jadoon highlighted that armed conflicts, climate-induced di...

 United Nations, November 6, 2025(Kamran Raja): Pakistan sounded the alarm at the UN Security Council over the deliberate weaponization of shared natural resources, condemning India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty – a cornerstone of transboundary cooperation for more than six decades – as a violation of treaty obligations and fundamental principles of international legality. In a statement in the UN Security Council on the Environmental Impact of Armed Conflict and Climate-Driven Security Risks, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, decried India’s egregious dismantling of a mechanism that safeguarded equitable water distribution, exposing millions to heightened climate vulnerability. He said that disrupting the Treat...

United Nations, October 27, 2025(Kamran Raja): Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the seminar commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Taiwan’s Recovery and Upholding the Authority of General Assembly Resolution 2758, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Extending warm congratulations to Ambassador Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China, and to the Government and people of China, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar marked the 54th anniversary of the restoration of China’s rightful place in the United Nations through the adoption of General Assembly Resolution 2758. He termed the resolution a landmark event that reaffirmed the principles of sovereignty, dignity, and equality among...

United Nations, October 6, 2025(Kamran Raja): As the world marks twenty-five years since the adoption of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, Pakistan today urged the United Nations Security Council to address the plight of women living under foreign occupation, particularly in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine. Speaking at the UN Security Council’s open debate on Women, Peace and Security, Counsellor Saima Saleem of Pakistan’s Mission to the United Nations drew attention to the grave suffering of these women, “from Gaza’s bombed maternity wards to Kashmir’s silenced villages,” emphasizing that “impunity and occupation are diminishing these women in global discourse.” Counsellor Saleem regretted that the latest repor...

New York, 23 September 2025(Kamran Raja): Speaking at a high-level meeting convened at the United Nations, Pakistan called for urgent international action to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Palestine, particularly Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians have lost their lives and famine has gripped the population. The statement delivered on behalf of Pakistan expressed deep gratitude to UN Secretary-General António Guterres for his continued advocacy for peace and compassion for the Palestinian people. Highlighting the catastrophic conditions in Gaza, Pakistan stressed that over 64,000 lives have been lost and entire neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and essential infrastructure have been destroyed. The statement underlined that famine is already a reality in Gaza Cit...