Ambassador Munir Akram (APP)
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram is set to leave his post at the end of this month to be replaced by Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad.
Before giving him the floor on Friday to make his last statement, Security Council President Christina Markus Lassen of Denmark said, “Allow me to pay tribute to our dear colleague, Ambassador Munir Akram, on the completion of his tenure as permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.”
She added, “I know I speak for all our colleagues when I say we thank you for your cooperation and your dedication to the work of the Security Council and the United Nations.
“We’ll all miss your wisdom, your width and your warmth, so we wish you the very best in your future endeavors…”
On March 11, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also praised Ambassador Munir Akram’s “outstanding” contribution to multilateral diplomacy.
On his part, Ambassador Akram expressed gratitude for the UN’s support to the Pakistan Mission in promoting shared objectives. He was appointed to the current post in 2019.
Ambassador Akram previously served as Pakistan’s envoy in New York for six years between 2002 and 2008, after serving as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva for seven years from 1995 to 2002. Between 1988-1992, Munir Akram was Pakistan’s Ambassador to the European Council, Belgium and Luxemburg.
During his term at the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram served twice as President of the Security Council in May 2003 and in May 2004; President of the Economic and Social Council in 2005; Chairman of the Group of 77 and China (developing countries) in 2007, and Facilitator on UN Administrative Reform in 2006.
During his current term, the ambassador again served as ECOSOC president as well as G-77 Chairman.
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