Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, delivered a detailed response at the second Policy Dialogue hosted by the Group of Friends of the GDI and the UN Task Force. The statement emphasizes the urgency as only five years remain to the 2030 deadline and highlights the importance of solidarity and South-South cooperation, including GDI initiatives. Pakistan reaffirms its long-standing participation in the GDI and commends President Xi Jinping’s emphasis on development. It welcomes the 51 submitted initiatives under the Task Force and advocates for clustering, prioritization, and a flagship pipeline. The ambassador proposes tiered prioritization (a tier-one list of up to ten flagship initiatives) based on criteria such as implementation maturity, scalability, geographic balance, development variety, and integrated financing with technical support and demand-driven design. Thematically, the focus areas include industrialization, urbanization, climate resilience, food security, and digitalization. Specific preferences include expanding South-South industrial cooperation through GDI tracks and BRI components, leveraging CPEC Phase-II for regional inclusion, scaling water and urban initiatives like the Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance and UNITAC digital tools, and sharing Pakistan’s experiences in climate resilience, food security, and education. The statement calls for moving from policy dialogue to concrete partnership implementation, reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to collaborate with China, the Group of Friends, and the UN system to deliver tangible results for its people.
Source: Statement from @PakistanUN_NY
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Published: April 27, 2026, 1:15 pm
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