Pakistan calls for clear, achievable mandates for UN peacekeeping operations
Reaffirming it’s support to the U.N.’s “flagship activity”—peacekeeping—Pakistan has called for clear, realistic and achievable mandates for peacekeeping operations with adequate resources.“For suffering humanity in a conflict zone, the sight of a blue helmet becomes a beacon of hope,” Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.…
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