UNITED NATIONS:Pakistan has called for addressing the root causes of terrorism as a crucial step in effectively combating the menace at a meeting held to consider the reconfiguration of the UN’s counterterrorism architecture.
“The UN’s counterterrorism discourse must not only address the response factors but also the underlying and preventive factors,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, said during Ambassadorial-Level Consultations on UN80 and the future of the UN counterterrorism architecture.
The UN80 Initiative, unveiled in March by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, is a system-wide push to streamline operations, sharpen impact, and reaffirm the UN’s relevance for a rapidly changing world.