President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the United Nations has a critical role in not only promoting sustainable peace and equitable socio-economic development across the world, but also to safeguard those pristine values of tolerance and interfaith harmony that were fast eroding during the present times in view of rising wave of intolerance and threats from the militant mindset.
This he said during his meeting with Jeffrey D. Feltman, UN Under-Secretary General, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday. Those who were present during the meeting included among others M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President, Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar, Ms Nasreen Haque, Secretary to the President, Jalil Abbas Jilani, Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan's PR to UN, New York and other senior officials.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said that during the meeting the President said that Pakistan attached great value to the efforts of UN and highlighted the contributions made by Pakistan towards the Security Council's work, in promoting international peacekeeping efforts and pursuing a comprehensive approach towards counter-terrorism efforts during its presidency of the Council.-PR