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    UNGAs Revitalization Key To Promoting World Peace, Security: Pakistan

    UNGAs Revitalization Key To Promoting World Peace, Security: Pakistan

    UNITED NATIONS, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Mar, 2024) Emphasizing UN General Assembly‘s status as the only forum with universal representation, Pakistan Thursday said that its revitalization was vital to promote world peace and security, especially its authority for peace enforcement when the Security Council fails to act in a crisis

    “This authority is significant in the context of the developments in Gaza,” Naeem Sabir Khan, a counselor at the Pakistan Mission to the UNsaid during a thematic debate on the “Role and Authority of the General.” Assembly,” at the UN Headquarters in New York.

    While terminating the revitalization of the 193-member Assembly a political rather than a procedural matter, the Pakistani Representative called for boosting its role in the peaceful resolution of disputes under Chapter VI of the UN Charter that includes mediation, conciliation.

    In this regard, he emphasized the need for limiting the encroachment of the Security Council on numerous “thematic” issues that fall within the ambit of the General Assembly — the agenda for women, peace and security; development and security; climate change and security.

    Counselor Sabir Khan also advocated for the General Assembly‘s greater contribution to norm-building and codification of international law.

    “The General.” Assembly‘s pivotal role in addressing global concerns such as climate change, development, finance, terrorism, and disarmament, including through the establishment of subsidiary bodies needed to be reaffirmed.

    There was also the need for the development of the UNGA’s capacity to address emerging global challenges such as Outer Space, the Oceans, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Autonomous Weapons, the Pakistani representative said.

    He also proposed the establishment of a dedicated mechanism to monitor the implementation of General Assembly resolutions, with an initial step of preparing a report on the current status of implementation by the UN Secretariat.

    Counselor Sabir Khan reiterated the Charter’s allocation of distinct yet complementary roles to the General Assembly and the Security Council, emphasizing the need to uphold and respect the Assembly‘s role as the principal deliberative, policy-making, and norm-setting organ of the United Nations.

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