Ms Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United
Nations General Assembly, accompanied by Ms Maleeha Lodhi, Permanent
Representative of Pakistan to the UN, paid a visit to Centre for International
Peace and Stability (CIPS) at National University of Sciences and Technology
(NUST) on January 21, 2019. Lt Gen Naweed Zaman, HI (M), (Retd), Rector NUST,
along with NUST senior management and faculty received the esteemed guests upon
arrival at the main campus.
While interacting with NUST faculty and students, Ms Fernanda acknowledged Pakistan’s meritorious contributions to the UN
peacekeeping missions, terming it one of the largest countries to have
contributed to bringing peace in areas marred by insecurity and unrest. She
also lauded NUST for providing peacekeeping training both to local and foreign
troops. She also mentioned that 2030 SDG goals had a direct link with the UN
Security Council Resolution 1325, which emphasises on participation and
protection of women in the UN missions. Rector NUST, in his remarks, extended
his gratitude to Ms Fernanda for visiting CIPS and highlighted Pakistan’s
contributions to the UN missions. Besides apprising the dignitaries of NUST
accomplishments, he said that female students and faculty members form a good
proportion of overall NUST students and teaching staff, respectively, adding
the figure is rising with every passing year.
January 21,
2019