DPM reiterates Pakistan’s commitment to UN Charter for peace, development
As the international community observes the United Nations Day today, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to working with member states and the UN system to reinvigorate the UN Charter’s promise to pursue peace, development and human dignity for all.
The deputy prime minister, in his message on the Day, said that Pakistan also joined the world community in reaffirming its steadfast commitment to multilateralism.
“We believe the United Nations, as the world’s most representative multilateral institution, remains uniquely placed to address shared global challenges, including grave threats to international peace and security, the worst humanitarian crises, persistent development gaps, and the existential climate crisis,” he remarked.
He said that guided by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision, Pakistan’s foreign policy was firmly rooted in the UN Charter’s principles: the sovereign equality of states, non-interference, the right to self-determination, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
He said that Pakistan’s history also reflected a consistent preference for diplomacy over confrontation, engagement over isolation, and partnership over polarization.
Deputy Prime Minister Dar said that Pakistan’s commitment to multilateralism was demonstrated through decades of active engagement with the UN system.
“Since 1960, Pakistan has been among the top Troop-Contributing Countries to UN peace operations and is host to one of the oldest peacekeeping missions, the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).”
He said that the UN Charter affirmed the collective resolve to uphold international law and self-determination, but regrettably, these ideals continued to be violated with impunity, most egregiously in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine.
He highlighted that the legitimate aspirations of the Kashmiri people for self-determination, upheld by relevant UN Security Council resolutions, continued to be denied by brutal repression by India. Similarly, Gaza has become a graveyard for our shared humanity and global conscience, he added.
Ishaq Dar said that as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2025-26 term, Pakistan remained dedicated to playing its role in building a more peaceful, just, and prosperous world.
“Our reputation as a consensus builder, as witnessed during Pakistan’s Presidency of the Security Council in July this year, along with our active role in promoting the principles of the UN Charter, enables us to work towards outcomes that reflect the aspirations and priorities of the wider UN membership,” Dar commented.
