Islamabad, December 09, 2020 (PPI-OT): Pakistan has joined a key group launched at the United Nations to coordinate actions aimed at elimination of violence against women and girls that has intensified since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.
Seventy-seven UN Member States and observers have already joined what is called the “Group of Friends”, which will meet on quarterly basis.
Addressing the group, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram said Islamabad fully supports Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call to end violence against women during COVID-19.
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