By NNN-APP,
United Nations : Pakistan’s outgoing Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, gave a largely attended farewell reception at the Pakistani Mission on Tuesday night.
The President of the U.N. General Assembly, Srgjan Kerim, led a distinguished lineup of guests, including head of diplomatic missions accredited to the United Nations, senior U.N. officials, prominent citizens and journalists attending the event.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was not in the city as he was traveling from Madrid to New York.
Akram, a well known figure at the U.N, will be replaced by Abdullah Hussain harroon, a former speaker of the Sindh Assembly who is arriving in New York on Wednesday afternoon.
An expert at multilateral diplomacy, Akram was appointed as Pakistan’s chief delegate at the U.N in 2002 after serving as ambassador to the world body’s European offices in Geneva for seven years.
During his long term at the UN, Ambassador Akram occupied almost every important position. He was twice the President of the Security Council in May 2003 and again in May 2004; President of the Economic and Social Council in 2005; Chairman of the Group of 77 and China (developing countries) in 2007; Facilitator on UN Administrative Reform in 2006.
For the last 12 months, he also chaired the Islamic Conference Group of Ambassadors in New York.