New York (April 17, 2018): Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi has tweeted on Tuesday that Pakistan has been re-elected as the member of two key UN bodies, the United Nations’ Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and executive board of UNICEF.
Maleeha Lodhi in series of tweets states that as a member of the Committee on NGOs Pakistan will continue to enhance cooperation by the UN with civil society organisations working alongside governments to improve the lives of people across the world.
Today Pakistan was re-elected in NY to two key U.N. bodies : Committee on NGOs and the executive board of UNICEF. We thank all the countries who voted for us pic.twitter.com/t5v2tJMsKw
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) April 16, 2018
She also paid Pakistan’s gratitude to the international community at the UN for their support, adding that Pakistan has played an important role in the committee since its establishment, putting in significant effort to work and campaign for human and children’s rights on an international level and will continue its efforts to achieving the goals.
She also congratulated the team Pakistan for their hard work to achieve the task they were assigned.
Pakistan ‘s election to 2 UN bodies today was an affirmation of the international community’s confidence in the country as well as our role at the United Nations pic.twitter.com/d7suZFBT1u
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) April 16, 2018
Membership of Pakistan in the UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) standing committee to be commenced from January 1, 2019, and will continue through 2022 as it has been re-elected for the period of four years.
As a member of the Committee on NGOs Pakistan will continue to enhance cooperation by the UN with civil society organisations working alongside governments to improve the lives of people across the world pic.twitter.com/Cg9p6fTMl8
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) April 16, 2018
ECOSOC elected Bahrain, China, India and Pakistan (Asia‑Pacific States) for a four-year term, beginning January 1, 2019. While Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Nicaragua were also elected as members to represent the Latin American and Caribbean states.
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