Message of Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN on the Occasion of the United Nations Day (October 24, 2025)

On this auspicious day, Pakistan joins all Member States in celebrating the eighty years of the United Nations’ tireless service to the cause of multilateralism and collective progress of humankind.

Born from the ruins of the Second World War, the United Nations stands as the most inclusive and representative institution of global governance. The UN Charter continues to serve as humanity’s collective covenant for promoting peace, prosperity and better standards of life in larger freedom.

Over the eight decades of its existence, while its promise remains far from being wholly fulfilled, the UN has inspired hope, nurtured peace, advanced human rights, and guided socio-economic progress. This occasion attests to the organization’s endurance.

Today the global landscape stands at a perilous inflection point. Beset by proliferating conflicts and rise of unilateralism, the normative framework of international law is fraying, economies are coming under strain of untenable debt, the climate emergency is becoming a lived reality, and unregulated spread of Artificial Intelligence is creating new uncertainties.

The developing nations are bearing a disproportionate brunt of the challenges and crises of our times. Environmental degradation and economic fragility, coupled with the widening inequalities, faltering development, and the ascent of ungoverned technologies, demand renewed multilateral consensus grounded in equity and shared responsibility.

Pakistan’s long-standing record of contributions to UN peacekeeping, humanitarian relief, and global governance testifies to this belief. We continue to stand in principled solidarity with all peoples denied their inalienable right to self-determination, foremost being the peoples of Palestine and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, whose struggles embody the unfinished promise of the UN Charter.

On this United Nations Day, Pakistan renews its pledge to the pursuit of a just and stable global order where peace is preserved, human dignity is inviolate, and all peoples share the benefits of freedom, security and prosperity. Pakistan will work cooperatively with all member states at the UN towards this end.