Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to forging peacekeeping partnerships, especially with the African Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
He was addressing a special session of the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) — 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday.
He announced Pakistan’s plans to host Peacekeeping Preparatory and Ministerial level meetings in Islamabad in 2025 and 2027, enhancing its partnership with UN Peacekeeping.
The minister emphasised the importance of international cooperation in safeguarding communities and ensuring national security. He highlighted various threats faced by the world, including force, foreign interventions, suppression of freedom struggles, resurgence of hate ideologies, poverty, inequality, global tensions, military alliances, and the nuclear arms race.
The minister stressed the need for preventive diplomacy to address the root causes of conflicts, praising the UN Charter’s principles of self-determination, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in preventing conflicts for over seven decades.
Naqvi highlighted Pakistan’s significant contributions to the UN peacekeeping missions, including the contribution of 230,000 troops to 47 missions in often challenging theatres.
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