{"id":53738,"date":"2025-10-22T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=53738"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:27:12","slug":"united-nations-celebrates-un-day-in-lahore-family-oriented-event-at-alhamra-to-mark-80th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/united-nations-celebrates-un-day-in-lahore-family-oriented-event-at-alhamra-to-mark-80th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations celebrates UN Day in Lahore !Family-oriented event at Alhamra to mark 80th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"ISLAMABAD : Staff Report + Camera Raja Ghulam Farid,22 Oct 2025 \u2013 This Saturday, the<\/span>\u00a0United Nations in Pakistan is inviting the public to join a family-oriented event that will celebrate \u201cUN Day\u201d and the 80th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the United Nations at\u00a0Alhamra Arts Council on Mall Road in Lahore on Saturday 25th<\/sup>\u00a0afternoon<\/b>.<\/span>
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UN Day in Lahore will feature free live performances by Pakistani artists, including Farhan Saeed, Urooj Fatima, Ali Ashraf ft. Dastaan, and Nazakat Ali Shad. A Career Booth will help people learn how they can apply for a career at the UN, with UN Human Resources teams sharing tips and advice.<\/p>\n

At a \u2018UN Market Place\u2019, the public will meet the teams of 22 UN agencies operating in Pakistan, and learn about their activities. An exhibition will feature the common history between the UN and Pakistan. Fun activities for children, selfie corners, food stalls and giveaways will also be featured.<\/p>\n

The doors of this family-oriented event will open at 3:00 pm; entry is free. Last year the UN celebrated UN Day in Islamabad; the annual event is expected to take place in a different city every year.<\/p>\n

This year is special as the UN is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a plan for change — \u201cBuilding Our Future Together\u201d — that focuses on global cooperation to address challenges such as climate change, inequality, and conflict.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cOver the past 80 years, the UN has led the way to some of humanity\u2019 greatest triumphs with the support of Member States, including Pakistan,\u201d said Mohamed Yahya, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe tests of the next 80 years will be both familiar \u2013 the fight against the scourges of war, hunger, and poverty \u2013 and new \u2013 climate change, which is already hitting Pakistan hard, artificial intelligence, increasingly lethal weapons, and things we have not imagined yet. To meet these challenges, and realize the universal aspiration to peace, prosperity, and happiness, we need to remember one thing: the only way forward is together. This is what we will celebrate in Lahore this Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

During this week, UN staff is also organizing public service activities in the four provinces to support their local communities in honour of United Nations Day, which reaffirms the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. Every year, it commemorates the ratification of the UN Charter by Member States on 24 October 1945. Pakistan joined the UN two years later.\"\"<\/p>\n

The country is currently serving its eighth term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and is one of the longest-serving and largest contributors to UN peacekeeping throughout the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several Pakistanis were instrumental to the development of the UN and of its values. As UN delegates, Begum Shaista Ikramullah and Ahmad Shah Bokhari supported the drafting of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the creation of the UN agency for children (UNICEF) respectively.<\/p>\n

Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq created the Human Development Index, and Dr. Nafis Sadik was the first woman to lead one of the UN\u2019s major voluntarily funded programmes.<\/p>\n

There are 23 UN institutions based in Pakistan, with 266 offices across the country. They support the Government and people to bring about progress for all \u2013 better access to quality basic services, gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment, climate action, economic growth and decent employment, and a more efficient governance.<\/p>\n

Pakistan in the World \u2013 September 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n