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ECOSOC chief Munir Akram warns of serious clean water shortages by 2050

UNITED NATIONS, The President of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has warned that by 2050 more than half of the world’s population would be at risk due to water stress, and called for a multilateral response to deal with […]

ECOSOC chief Munir Akram stresses Parliaments’ cooperation in implementing SDGs

UNITED NATIONS, The President of UN Economic Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has underscored the role of Parliaments in generating momentum towards achieving the anti-poverty Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and overcoming the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis. “Achieving the sustainable development agenda requires […]

ECOSOC chief Munir Akram urges financing, debt relief for middle-income countries

UNITED NATIONS, The President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has underlined the need for concessional financing and debt relief to help the middle-Income countries recover from the economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic has […]

ECOSOC chief Munir Akram urges global commitment to protect, restore ecosystems

UNITED NATIONS, The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Friday called for an international commitment to ecosystem restoration so as to reverse the harm done to the planet and its forests, oceans, glaciers, rivers and lakes, thus creating a […]

ECOSOC Chief Munir Akram calls for ‘robust’ global efforts to fight corruption

UNITED NATIONS, The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Wednesday called for strengthening international cooperation to fight corruption, which leads to massive outflows of illicit finance out of developing countries and is one of the main reasons for their […]

ECOSOC chief Munir Akram calls for int’l support measures to help Covid-hit poorest countries

UNITED NATIONS, The President of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has underscored the need for strengthening national and global financing mechanisms for the coronavirus-hit Least Developing Countries when the preparatory committee for the forthcoming fifth UN Conference on LDCs […]

ECOSOC chief calls for ensuring equitable access to coronavirus vaccines

UNITED NATIONS, : The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the importance of upgrading health systems, especially in developing countries, to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, the head of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, has said. “Our response towards all epidemics […]

ECOSOC chief stresses urgency in developing conflict-sensitive responses to coronavirus crisis

UNITED NATIONS, :A virtual joint meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council and the Peace-building Commission has discussed ways to forge solidarity and develop conflict-sensitive responses to the coronavirus pandemic, with the ECOSOC chief underscoring the need for urgent action. “We must act together […]

ECOSOC chief says ‘unequal word order’ hampering UN in meeting challenges, urges int’l cooperation

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 04 (APP): The head of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, told the Security Council Tuesday that the present “unequal world order” was responsible for the member states’ failure in living up to the ideals of collective […]

ECOSOC chief urges intensified int’l cooperation to assist recovery of coronavirus-hit countries

UNITED NATIONS, : The head of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, has called for boosting international development cooperation to help coronavirus-battered countries to achieve a resilient, sustainable and inclusive recovery. “We are all aware that the current crisis has […]

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