Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for adopting a policy of "zero tolerance" for violations of the UN Charter and asked United Nations Security Council to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes.

He was delivering a statement at the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on "Practicing Multilateralism: Reforming and Improving Global Governance in New York.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that adding new permanent members would violate the principle of sovereign equality, make the UN Security Council even less representative and exacerbate the prospects of paralysis in the Security Council.

Talking about the UN General Assembly, Ishaq Dar said that it must play a greater role in global decision-making and its mandates and resolutions must be respected.

He called for introducing reforms in International Monetary Fund and World Bank to ensure adequate and concessional development financing, debt relief and allocation of special drawing rights.

Ishaq Dar emphasized that technologies serve peaceful and beneficial purposes, and do not deepen global inequalities and do not intensify the threats to peace and security.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that the world order envisioned in the UN Charter must be strengthened as a world requires a strong, effective, and truly representative multilateral system, one that upholds the UN Charter, defends human rights and ensures equitable development for all.