{"id":4164,"date":"2025-06-26T10:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2025-06-26T07:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:46:46","slug":"pakistan-to-preside-over-un-security-council-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/pakistan-to-preside-over-un-security-council-in-july","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to Preside Over UN Security Council in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"74\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in July 2025, during its two-year term as a non-permanent member that began on January 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"653\">Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad met with UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Wednesday to discuss the council\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"653\">He outlined Pakistan\u2019s commitment to steering Security Council proceedings in a transparent, open, and consultative manner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"653\">The meeting also covered regional tensions, with particular focus on the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"700\"><strong data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"700\">UNSC Term Backed by Strong Global Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"938\">Pakistan was elected to the Security Council in June 2024 with overwhelming support\u2014securing 182 of 193 votes from UN member states.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"938\">This marked a strong endorsement of Pakistan\u2019s diplomatic standing and commitment to multilateralism.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"972\"><strong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"972\">Focus on Peace and Diplomacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1253\">Asim Iftikhar reiterated Pakistan\u2019s role as a responsible global actor dedicated to promoting peace and international cooperation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1253\">He assured that Pakistan\u2019s presidency would reflect the aspirations of all member states, prioritizing conflict resolution and inclusive dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in July 2025, during its two-year term as a non-permanent member that began on January 1, 2025. Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad met with UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Wednesday to discuss the council\u2019s agenda. He outlined Pakistan\u2019s commitment to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2015,2014,2016],"class_list":["post-4164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-globaldiplomacy","tag-pakistanunsc","tag-peaceleadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4166,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164\/revisions\/4166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}