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In 2025, Pakistan re‑entered the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the eighth time, marking the beginning of a two‑year term that would challenge the very essence of multilateral diplomacy.
Wars raged, humanitarian norms eroded, and the Council — designed to prevent precisely such breakdowns — struggled repeatedly to act. For Islamabad, the first year became as much a test of resolve and principle as a diplomatic assignment.
From the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the widening confrontation between Israel and Iran to renewed tensions in South Asia, the Council’s agenda in 2025 was dominated by crises that called into question the very purpose of international collective action.
For Pakistan, this was no ordinary diplomatic season.
