United Nations Environment Assembly Bureau on Thursday during its week-long 5thsession elected Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change to represent Pakistan on the global forum and serve as vice president of the Bureau.
“It is of course a great achievement and honour for Pakistan for having been elected as member of the UNEA body as vice president to lead the global efforts towards goals of making the world climate-resilient and environmentally-sustainable place through a global climate acton,” remarked the PM’s aide Malik Amin.
Earlier he tweeted, “This is indeed a great honour for Pakistan for having been elected to represent the country and serve at the global forum as the vice president along with a group of eight ministers from various countries including UK Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith as vice presidents.
This is first time in the history that Pakistan has been elected to wrve on this global policy-making forum. The UNEA’s ministerial Bureau consists of 10 members (one President, eight Vice-Presidents.
