At the united Nation, Pakistan has called for working together to promoteinternational economic cooperation.

In a message marking 75th Anniversary of United Nations’ Economic andSocial Council, Pakistan’s Ambassador to United Nations, Munir Akram saidECOSOC’s central mandate is to promote better living standards in largerfreedoms through international economic cooperation.

He said world is facing most serious global health and economic crisissince establishment of UN and creation of ECOSOC, resulting in increasedpoverty and hunger.

Munir Akram said entire system of international cooperation on economic,social, health, humanitarian and development issues has been created underECOSOC’s umbrella and now twenty international organizations, regionalcommissions and autonomous entities report annually to it.