At the United Nations, Pakistan has called for global solidarity to address the interlinked challenges of conflict, climate change and environmental degradation.

The proposal was put forth by Pakistan's Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Aamir Khan while speaking at a joint meeting of the Executive Boards of the UN funds and programmes, in Geneva.

The Pakistani envoy also stressed the need to address the challenge of socio-economic downturns resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, and aggravated further by an increase in inflation. 

He underlined a transformative vision and a collective will to support the national efforts of developing countries to build resilience against future shocks.

Ambassador Amir Khan said the developing countries are disproportionately impacted by these challenges, particularly because of unsustainable debt burden that many of them have accrued right now.