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\nAt the United Nations, Pakistan has opposed the addition of new permanent members to the UN Security Council saying it will compound the Council\u2019s inequality and dysfunctionality.
\nAddressing a meeting of Inter-Governmental Negotiations Framework, Pakistan s permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram reiterated Pakistan s principled stance on restructuring the Security Council by expansion in the non-permanent category so that the ideal of a comprehensive reform can be met.
\nMunir Akram said progress in reform process can be made only through consultations, mutual accommodation and innovative compromise not by bullying and coercion.
\nThe Pakistani envoy warned against attempts by the aspirants of the Council\u2019s permanent membership to try and railroad the process of reform, which, he said, must be agreed upon through negotiations.
\nPermanent membership contradicts the fundamental precepts of sovereign equality, democracy, representativeness and accountability, the Pakistani envoy said, adding, \u201cIt is only through an expansion in the non-permanent category that the ideal of a comprehensive reform can be met, he stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Online New York At the United Nations, Pakistan has opposed the addition of new permanent members to the UN Security Council saying it will compound the Council\u2019s inequality and dysfunctionality. Addressing a meeting of Inter-Governmental Negotiations Framework, Pakistan s permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram reiterated Pakistan s principled stance on restructuring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-175159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n