AP, United Nations :
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged India and Pakistan on Sunday to “continue their peaceful dialogue”.
A statement issued by his office said that in a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the secretary general also advised Pakistan to stay engaged with Afghanistan.
A Pakistani official said the prime minister also raised the Kashmir issue during the meeting. Sharif calls for implementation of United Nations resolutions on Kashmir The two also discussed the “fight against terrorism and violent extremism”, the secretary general’s office said.
The UN leader “stressed the necessity for Pakistan and India to continue their peaceful dialogue. He encouraged Pakistan to continue engaging Afghanistan in order to help stabilise the country”, a UN spokesperson said. The meeting focused on UN-led peacekeeping efforts and the secretary general’s office said the UN leader thanked Pakistan for its important contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations.
(According to APP, Prime Minister Sharif urged the UN chief to play a role in defusing tensions between Pakistan and India and help end the violations of Line of Control for promoting peace in the region. He also called for the implementation of UN Security Council’s resolutions on the Kashmir dispute, and holding of a plebiscite to determine the wishes of Kashmiri people.)
Earlier, the UN chief while addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) conference said that global goals for development could not be achieved without ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment.
He said the new global goals, adopted earlier this week, could not be achieved “without full and equal rights for half of the world’s population, in law and in practice”.
“Today, world leaders are signalling their personal responsibility for gender equality and women’s empowerment,” said Mr Ban. “This is as it should be.” But, he said, while progress had been made in many areas, there was still a long way to go.
Prime Minister Sharif assured the international community that Pakistan was committed to a shared vision of inclusive growth and development. He said Pakistan also wanted to ensure that ‘no one is left behind’.
The assembly formally adopted the new framework, “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which comprises 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged India and Pakistan on Sunday to “continue their peaceful dialogue”.
A statement issued by his office said that in a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the secretary general also advised Pakistan to stay engaged with Afghanistan.
A Pakistani official said the prime minister also raised the Kashmir issue during the meeting. Sharif calls for implementation of United Nations resolutions on Kashmir The two also discussed the “fight against terrorism and violent extremism”, the secretary general’s office said.
The UN leader “stressed the necessity for Pakistan and India to continue their peaceful dialogue. He encouraged Pakistan to continue engaging Afghanistan in order to help stabilise the country”, a UN spokesperson said. The meeting focused on UN-led peacekeeping efforts and the secretary general’s office said the UN leader thanked Pakistan for its important contributions to UN Peacekeeping Operations.
(According to APP, Prime Minister Sharif urged the UN chief to play a role in defusing tensions between Pakistan and India and help end the violations of Line of Control for promoting peace in the region. He also called for the implementation of UN Security Council’s resolutions on the Kashmir dispute, and holding of a plebiscite to determine the wishes of Kashmiri people.)
Earlier, the UN chief while addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) conference said that global goals for development could not be achieved without ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment.
He said the new global goals, adopted earlier this week, could not be achieved “without full and equal rights for half of the world’s population, in law and in practice”.
“Today, world leaders are signalling their personal responsibility for gender equality and women’s empowerment,” said Mr Ban. “This is as it should be.” But, he said, while progress had been made in many areas, there was still a long way to go.
Prime Minister Sharif assured the international community that Pakistan was committed to a shared vision of inclusive growth and development. He said Pakistan also wanted to ensure that ‘no one is left behind’.
The assembly formally adopted the new framework, “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which comprises 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.
