Key points
- Cyber threats continue to evolve, escalate: Pakistan
- Diplomat calls for promoting trust, transparency
- Pakistan welcomes progress made by Central African Republic
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan underscored the importance of confidence-building measures (CBMs) as a means to promote trust, transparency and predictability among states at the United Nations.
While delivering a national statement in the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Security, Syed Atif Raza, Counsellor at the Pakistan Mission, stated that as cyber threats continue to evolve and escalate, the potential for misunderstandings and conflicts between nations is growing.
He underlined the need for more efforts to foster stability and cooperation among states in an increasingly interconnected digital landscape.
Counsellor Atif Raza said that CBMs serve as a proactive approach to mitigate these risks by enhancing transparency and communication.
Security improvement
Meanwhile, Pakistan has welcomed the progress made by the Central African Republic towards the upcoming electoral cycle, while noting persistent fragility in border areas despite overall security improvement.
“The 2025 -2026 elections represent a unique opportunity to consolidate gains made towards strengthening stability in the Central African Republic,” Ambassador Munir Akram, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council during its debate on the situation in CAR, a small landlocked country that has endured repeated cycles of violence since it gained independence from France more than 60 years ago
“We welcome the continued efforts of the Government to prepare for these elections,” he said.
Condemnation
In this regard, the Pakistani envoy commended the CAR government for continued positive developments in the implementation of the ‘Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation’, which requires the integration of some of the country’s armed groups’ fighters into new army units and their leaders into government.
The deal has galvanised international support, but violence continues in the provinces.
