Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York and President of UN Economic and Social Council.

Ambassador Munir Akram holds Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees from Karachi University. He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1967. In a distinguished diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he has held a number of important positions including Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (1995-2002); additional Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan (1992-1995); Ambassador of Pakistan to the European Community, Belgium and Luxembourg (1988-1992); Director-General (United Nations, Economic Cooperation and Policy Planning), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1985-1988); Minister/Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo (1982-1985). Ambassador Akram has represented Pakistan in numerous international conferences and United Nation bodies, including the Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Conference on Disarmament, UN Conference on Trade and Development, The World Trade Organization. He has held several important positions in various Intergovernmental Organizations including; Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament; Chairman of the WTO Trade Policy Review Body; Chairman of the Group of 77 in Geneva (1997); President of the Conference on Disarmament (June 1996) and twice President of the Security Council (May 2003 and May 2004). He is a prolific writer and has lectured widely on various strategic, political and economic issues.