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Recently, Pakistan has been elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC). Pakistan secured 129 votes out of 193 while...

Pakistan, Morocco and Guatemala were elected to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013 on Friday. Guatemala ran unopposed, but needed to...

China and Pakistan are all weather strategic partners to each and China wishes Pakistan to be elected as non-permanent member of the United Nations...

The intensive six-year campaign by India and three other aspirants for permanent seats on the UN Security Council— Brazil, Germany and Japan—has fizzled out...

The UN Security Council on Friday threw its crucial support behind Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s bid for a second term at the head of the...

Pakistan's UN Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon said on Friday that mere addition of permanent members on the powerful Security Council would not bring about...

WASHINGTON - The US on Friday said it would work diligently and forcefully to push for reform of the UN Security Council as White House reaffirmed its support for India's quest for a permanent seat in the top world body.
"The UN no longer reflects some of the realities of today. And therefore, we'll continue to work on that," Mike Hammer, spokesman of the National Security Council, told Washington-based foreign reporters. Reforming the UNSC, he said, was one of the top foreign

ABU DHABI - Pakistan opposes a center of power and the expansion of veto rights in United Nations Security Council and the UNSC reforms should be based on democracy and equality basis, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday.
Talking to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on the sidelines of the energy summit being held in Abu Dhabi, President Zardari discussed global terrorism, global partnership on energy, UN contributions and help for the flood affectees and UNSC reforms and

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's acting Ambassador Amjad Hussain Sial said his country was committed to a reform that would make the UN Security Council more representative, transparent and effective.
He was speaking in the United Nations General Assembly's annual debate on achieving equitable representation in the 15-member council. According to a Foreign Office statement, the two-day debate took place in the wake of the United States support for India's bid for a permanent seat of the UN

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing concern over the US support for India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council.
The House urged the international community to take notice of India's human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. The joint resolution moved by Shahnaz Wazir Ali says, "This decision has grave ramifications for the direction and prospects of the system of multilateral cooperation as envisaged by the

ISLAMABAD: The Uniting for Consensus (UFC) group in the United Nations, which is led by Pakistan and Italy, will oppose the India's bid for UN Security Council's permanent membership after the extension of backing by Washington to New Delhi in this regard.
"It was decided at the foreign minister-level talks held between Pakistan and Italy, the leaders of the UFC which opposes the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council. The two sides expressed concern about US

ISLAMABAD: The military leadership, perturbed over the US's endorsement of India's bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, will raise this issue with General David Petreaus, commander of American and allied forces in Afghanistan, arriving in Pakistan on Thursday.
The government has already conveyed its annoyance over the US move to Washington through diplomatic channels but the country's military brass will also take up this issue with the US military authorities

ISLAMABAD: Annoyed by the US backing for India's bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, Pakistan on Wednesday slammed the Obama administration for the decision warning it would have severe implications on regional peace and stability.
The federal cabinet, in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, approved a resolution against the US move, calling it
"incomprehensible". The resolution, approved on the eve of President Asif Ali Zardari's

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, who leaves for China tomorrow (Thursday), might ask the Chinese leadership to block India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) in the wake of US decision to support New Delhi in this regard.
Zardari will embark on a three-day visit to China to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the 16th Asian Games. He will also meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
"The important issue

ISLAMABAD: Former Azad Jammu Kashmir prime minister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has urged US President Barack Obama not to support India in its bid for permanent membership of the UN Security Council unless the dispute of Kashmir was resolved.
"India has not a moral justification to become a permanent member of UNSC as its leaders are not ready to implement resolutions passed by the UNSC 60 years ago, on Kashmir issue," he said while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.