Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, is among 14 influential diplomats and officials at the U.N. who are featured in the \u201cPower List\u201d published by a noted news & analysis website, calling the Pakistani envoy a \u201cheavy hitter.\u201d The website called \u201cInternational Intrigue\u201d was founded in 2020 by two former Australian diplomats \u2014 Helen Zhang and John Fowler \u2014 who are now based in the United States. The news outlet regularly publishes articles on international and regional issues.<\/p>\n
In introducing Ambassador Akram, the website said he is one of Pakistan\u2019s \u201cinfluential\u201d diplomats who is currently serving his second term at the U.N. in New York, after an earlier posting from 2002 to 2008. He also served for seven years as a permanent representative to the UN in Geneva. It also referred to his stints as Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to the EU and Japan, chairman of the Group of 77 (developing countries), plus a term as president of the UN\u2019s key Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), \u201cusing the time to press his concept of a new international system for development finance.\u201d Noting that his first stint as ambassador in New York (2002-08) coincided with Pakistan\u2019s term on the Security Council, the website pointed out that Pakistan is now running unopposed for another term on the 15-member body (2025-26). \u201cSo,\u201d it added, \u201cassuming he\u2019s still in the role, Akram will again represent Pakistan at what is arguably the world\u2019s most important (and dysfunctional) table\u201d. Ambassador Akram\u2019s introduction concluded with the remark: \u201cHe\u2019s a heavy hitter who plays the system well, so you can bet the Council\u2019s permanent members (Britain, China, France, Russia and the U.S.) will know he\u2019s there.\u201d Apart from the Pakistani envoy, other ambassadors named on the \u2018Power List\u2019 are Adonis Ayebare of Uganda, Lana Nusseibeh of UAE and Christian Wenaweser of Liechtenstein\u2013 a total of only four from the 193 ambassadors serving at the UN. The rest are senior UN officials, an indication that one has to know the inside workings of the Organization to wield influence in it. Among the UN officials listed are: Deputy Secretary-GeneralAmina Mohammed, a Nigerian national, Earle Courtenay Rattray, chef de cabinet to the UN secretary-general, and Rosemary DiCarlo, under-secretary-general for political affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, is among 14 influential diplomats and officials at the U.N. who are featured in the \u201cPower List\u201d published by a noted news & analysis website, calling the Pakistani envoy a \u201cheavy hitter.\u201d The website called \u201cInternational Intrigue\u201d was founded in 2020 by two former Australian diplomats \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2437],"class_list":{"0":"post-389303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-munir-akram"},"yoast_head":"\n