Pakistan re-elected to UN's racial discrimination committee

Pakistani Ambassador Anwar Kemal secured 128 votes in a highly competitive election.


Web Desk June 04, 2013
The CERD monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday was re-elected as a member of the United Nations committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the twenty-fifth meeting of States Parties of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in New York, Pakistani candidate Ambassador Anwar Kemal secured 128 votes in a “highly competitive election,” with 16 candidates vying for 9 seats.

The CERD monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties.

Pakistan’s former foreign minister Agha Shahi remained a member of the committee from 1982 until his demise in 2006. Ambassador Kemal secured Pakistan’s seat on the committee once again.

COMMENTS (2)

Truth be told | 11 years ago | Reply

If it was 1st of April, I would have thought it is a joke. But it is not, so the only plausible explanation is, UN has become a mental asylum. Truth hurts, but it has to be told.

Prof. Shahid Mobeen | 11 years ago | Reply

hope that we do not only look for membership but do something at home against racial and religious discrimination.

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