Pakistan has been elected to three key United Nations bodies, reflecting the international community’s recognition of the country’s positive role at the UN.
The three bodies are:
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- Commission on Population and Development (CPD).
The elections took place on April 20 at a session of the 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the economic arm of the United Nations.
Pakistan will assume the membership of three Commission on 1 January 2022.
As a Commission member, Pakistan has been engaged in fostering international cooperation between the UN and its member states to combat national and transnational crime, including organized crime, money laundering promoting the role of criminal law in protecting the environment and improving the efficiency and fairness of criminal justice administration systems.
Pakistan won 50 out of 53 votes in the election for the membership of the Commission on Status of Women (CSW). China, Iran, Japan, and Lebanon were also elected.
Pakistan was also elected to the Commission on the Population and Development (CPD) which conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes in the area of populations and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyze population data and information. Other elected to the panel include Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and China.
It was the sixth time that Pakistan got elected to the CCPCJ. Other elected to the panel include Qatar, Thailand, India, and Bahrain.