By IRNA,
Islamabad : Pakistan’s Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah will lead delegation to the 15th NAM Ministerial Meeting to be held in Tehran, Iran on 29-30 July, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
He will be accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the U.N Munir Akram and Director General (UN) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Syed Hassan Javed.
The theme of the Tehran Ministerial Conference is “Solidarity for Peace, Justice and Friendship.” The 15th Ministerial Conference will be focusing on a number of issues of interest to Pakistan, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said.
“These include terrorism, reform and expansion of the UN Security Council, disarmament, peaceful settlement of disputes,
self-determination, human rights, global economic situation and food security”.
Founded in 1961 at the Belgrade Conference the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), it has currently 118 member states.
Pakistan joined NAM in 1979 and has since participated in all its Summit and Ministerial Conferences.