NEW YORK: Pakistan on Monday was reelected as a member of the UnitedNations’Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations.

“In one round of secret balloting, the Council [ECOSOC] also electedBahrain, China, India and Pakistan (Asia‑Pacific States)” for a “four-yearterm” beginning January 1, 2019, a statement on its website saidlink>.

Apart from the four aforementioned nations, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, andNicaragua were also elected as members to represent the Latin American andCaribbean states.

The membership of Pakistan in the UN Economic and Social Council’s(ECOSOC)standing committee commences next year, in 2019, and will continuethrough 2022. It has held the role for10 years.

Further, Pakistan also gained the membership of the executive board of theUnited Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

“The Council elected by acclamation 14 members for a three-year term tobegin on 1 January 2019: Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti and Morocco(African States); Bangladesh, Mongolia and Pakistan (Asia-Pacific States);Lithuania (Eastern European States); Mexico (Latin American and CaribbeanStates); and Australia, Canada, France and Luxembourg (Western European andOther States),” the statement read.

Pakistan has played an important role in the committee since itsestablishment, putting in significant effort to work and campaign for humanand children’s rights on an international level, the spokesperson said.

The membership is also a testament to the global fraternity’s faith in therole Pakistan has played through its work and assistance, the spokespersonadded.