Earlier in October 2011, Pakistan was elected to the 15-nation Council in by a narrow margin contest when 129 out of 193 members of the UN General Assembly voted for it.
Kyrgyzstan, which had challenged Pakistan, was far behind with 55 votes.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, who spearheaded the campaign, had said that Pakistan would play a constructive role in resolving key global issues that the Council is dealing with or may face.
He added that Pakistan was committed to multilateralism and promoting the principles and purposes enshrined in the UN Charter.
"We hope to play our usual role of taking on matters which affect the underdog, so as to speak."
The Security Council, a primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace, has five permanent members -Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - and ten non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms, from five different regions of the world. Pakistan will replace Lebanon, which completes its two-year term on the Asian seat at midnight on Saturday.
Pakistan has previously served on the Council in 1952-53, 1968-69, 1976-77, 1983-84, 1993-94 and 2003-04, making this Pakistan's seventh time on the UNSC, and the fourth time its term will overlap with India, as it did in 1968, 1977 and 1984.
Along with Pakistan, the General Assembly in October also elected Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco and Togo to serve as non-permanent members. The newly elected countries will replace Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, and Nigeria.
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@Mirza:
Would you like to explain just how this is going to have such a projected huge impact on the masses?
Interesting and challenging time lies ahead of us all. The U.N. might still be the only forum for countriy-members to air their concerns. The structure of the Security Council is highly questionable, yet the U.N. wants to keep the status quo. Pakistan's U.N. mission will have a very busy schedule in the coming months.
@Hu Jintao: or it could be a lot of countries are more intelligent and don't get themselves into dumb unwise situations like allowing Illusions of strength to repeatedly get proven to be illusions but nobody learns from it and also have a far more accurate world view and the circumstances it entails.
All problems including poverty, hunger, diseases, illiteracy and terrorism would be gone after Pakistan sits with the big boys. This is going to be a game changer for Pakistani masses.
I have deep respect for Abdullah Haroon. the man is true hardworker and loyal to soil
on a side-note: UN is a dead organization and absolutely useless for other countries. It only caters the need of 1 superpower. Let me write a famous saying here
When two weak nations fight - UN appears When one strong nation and one weak nation fight - Weak nation disappears When two strong nations fight - UN disappears
Abdullah Hussain Haroon is one of the best diplomats Pakistan has ever had. He is articulate, very effective and efficient.