Geneva: Pakistan on Tuesday took over the presidency of the UN Security Council for January 2013 and will hold special sessions on peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Masood Khan said, “During its presidency, Pakistan will help Council members to forge consensus and bridge differences. Ours will be an effective presidency.”
Pakistan began its two-year term as non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council last year and will be the President of the UN body for the month of January, the first time that Pakistan has assumed the rotational office of the UNSC during its present term.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf would be in New York to chair the January 21 open debate on ‘UN Peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach’, which would take a comprehensive view of UN peacekeeping.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would chair a Ministerial level session on January 15 on counter-terrorism.
Previously, Pakistan has been elected to the Security Council six times. The UN Security Council has five veto-holding permanent members – the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China – and 10 nations that are elected as non-permanent members without vetoes.
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