Global Governance | MCQs

Explanation

Pakistan has become a non-permanent member of the Security Council 8 Times:-

1.      1952-1953,

2.      1968-1969,

3.      1976-1977,

4.      1983-1984,

5.      1993-1994,

6.      2003-2004,

7.       2012-2013,

8.   2025-2026

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Explanation

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Location: New York, U.S

It is the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons 

It was adopted on 7 July 2017

Opened for signature on 20 September 2017,

And entered into force on 22 January 2021

Parties 73

Depositary: United Nations Secretary-General

Languages:

• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

Explanation

Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan of Pakistan was the President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1962 to 1963.

He was Pakistan's first foreign minister and led the case for Pakistan's separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission.

He also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1954 to 1958, and as its vice president from 1958 to 1961.

In 1970, he became the first and only Pakistani to serve as the President of the International Court of Justice.