Munir Akram
Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 2002 – 2008
Preceded by	Shamshad Ahmad
Succeeded by	Hussain Haroon
Born	December 2, 1945 (1945-12-02) (age 64) Karachi, Pakistan
Alma mater	University of Karachi
Occupation	Diplomat
Religion	Islam

Munir Akram, HQA (Urdu: منير اکرم) (born 2 December, 1945) was Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. He was dismissed by Asif Ali Zardari because of his disagreement over presenting the case of assassination of Benazir Bhutto to the United Nations.^[1] He was then replaced by Hussain Haroon, a politician and a non-career diplomat.^[2]

Contents 1 Early career 2 Ambassadorial career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early career

Munir Akram was born in Karachi, Sindh on 2 December, 1945 to Mohammad Akram Shaikh and Mohsina Akram. He had a BA (1963), LLB (1965) and MA (1966) from University of Karachi. He then joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1967 where he had a distinguished diplomatic career spanning over 38 years. His assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs include: section officer (1967-1969), director of the United Nations directorate (1975-1979), director-general of the United Nations directorate (1985-1988) and additional foreign secretary, heading the UN directorate and economic coordination division (1992-1995).

Akram's designations at the Pakistan missions abroad include: second secretary, Pakistan Mission to the United Nations (1969-1974); Counsellor, Pakistan Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1979-1982); and minister, Embassy of Pakistan in Japan (1982-1985).

During this time, Akram's designations at the United Nations include: Chairman UN Committee for NGO's (1970); Chairman Special Group on 'Most Seriously Affected Countries' by the Oil Crisis at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on "Raw Materials and Development" (1974); and chairman of the Group on Political Issues, International Women’s Conference, Nairobi (1985).

[edit] Ambassadorial career

Munir Akram then was selected as the Pakistan Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg (1988-1992). After serving for a brief time in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, Akram was made Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1995-2002). There, he was the President of the Conference on Disarmament (June 1996); Chairman of the WTO Trade Policy Review Body (1997); and Chairman of the Group of 77 in Geneva (1997).

In 2002, Munir Akram was appointed as Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. Munir Akram has represented Pakistan in numerous United Nations bodies and international conferences, including the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council. At the UN, he was twice the President of the Security Council (May 2003 and May 2004); President of the Economic and Social Council (2005); Chairperson of the Working Party on the Accession of Saudi Arabia to WTO (2005); and Co-Chair for UN Management Reform (2005).

Munir Akram is a prolific writer and has lectured widely on various strategic, political and economic issues. He has been awarded Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam^{[citation needed]} by President of Pakistan for his selfless service and devotion to the country.

He is married to Christine Marie Akram (1976) and has two children; Mikhal and Sanam.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Munir Akram CV at Pak Mission to UN
• Profile of Munir Akram at Who's Who in America
• Munir Akram CV at ECOSOC

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Shamshad Ahmad	Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations 2002 – 2008	Succeeded by Hussain Haroon