UN General Assembly’s First Committee Adopts Pakistan’s Sponsored Resolutions with Overwhelming Support
The First Committee of the 81st UN General Assembly, which deals with disarmament and international security, has adopted three resolutions tabled by Pakistan. The results demonstrate the international community’s continued backing of Pakistan’s long-standing work on security assurances for non-nuclear-weapon States and on regional approaches to arms control and confidence-building.
The resolution entitled “Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context” was adopted without a vote. The resolution entitled “Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels” was adopted with an overwhelming majority of 180 votes.
Earlier, Pakistan’s resolution entitled “Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons” was adopted by 122 votes, with none against.
Pakistan has, for decades, led initiatives in the United Nations to advance priority issues of conventional arms control, confidence-building measures, and regional disarmament.
At a time of heightened tensions and an eroding arms control architecture, these resolutions offer practical, cooperative paths to reduce risks, build trust, and promote international and regional peace and stability.
Reference Link: https://mofa.gov.pk/press-releases/un-general-assemblys-first-committee-adopts-pakistans-sponsored-resolutions-with-overwhelming-support
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
