ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the United Nations to reconsider its recent decision to reduce its international staff in Pakistan. Gilani was talking to the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Humanitarian Assistance and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Friends of Democratic Pakistan, Jean-Maurice Ripert, who called on the prime minister at the PM House.
Gilani said that the government of Pakistan was taking all possible measures to ensure security of the UN premises and personnel in the country.
The UN envoy clarified that relocation of some of the UN’s international staff from Pakistan was a temporary measure and the UN will not leave Pakistan alone at this critical juncture.
He also assured the Prime Minister that Pakistani staff working in the UN offices will not be laid off and the relocated staff will return to Pakistan as soon as situation improves.
PPP MNA Sherry Rahman also attended the meeting.
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