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Iqbal Akhund
5th National Security Advisor
In office
4 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
Chairperson of the Group of 77
In office
1976–1977
30th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
In office
1975–1975[1]
Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
In office
1972–0
Personal details
Born(1924-08-21)21 August 1924
Hyderabad Sindh, British India
Diedbefore 2020

Iqbal Ahmad Akhund (Sindhi: اقبال احمد آخوند; Urdu: اقبال احمد آخوند; born 21 August 1924, date of death unknown) was a Pakistani diplomat and writer who served as the 7th permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations[2] and the 5th national security advisor to the 11th prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto for foreign affairs and national security.[3] He also served as chairperson of the Group of 77 (G77) from 1976 to 1977.[2]

A head of the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, Akhund also served as a Special Representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General from 1979 to 1987.[4] Akhund is deceased.[5]

Early life[edit]

Akhund was born in Hyderabad, Sindh Province. His father was a sessions judge in British Indian government and retired in the mid-1950s as a chief justice of Khairpur. In 1945, Akhund obtained his masters degree in economics and political science at Karachi.[6] Later on his family left Hyderabad and settled in Karachi.[7]

Career[edit]

Akhund joined the foreign services after completing his civil services in 1948. He was appointed at various posts during his career such as permanent representative to the United Nations, assistant secretary-general at the United Nations, the president of the Security Council, and president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. After retiring from foreign services, he was appointed as the national security advisor in the government of Benazir Bhutto from 1988 to 1990.[6][8]

Before serving at the UN, he served as ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt, Yugoslavia and France. Prior to his retirement from foreign services on security, he was appointed as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon, and chairperson of the Security Council Committee on Sanctions against Rhodesia, a part of the United Nations Security Council.[9]

Publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Former Presidents, 1946-2004 - 75th Economic and Social Council". Welcome to the United Nations. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ a b "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XIX, South Asia". Office of the Historian. 28 March 1977. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "BENAZIR BHUTTO, IN THE IVY LEAGUE". Washington Post. 7 June 1989. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "Country files - Lebanon - Iqbal Akhund, Secretary-General's Special Representative". UNARMS. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "Remembering Iqbal Akhund". South Asia. July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  • ^ a b "The 1947 Partition Archive". Facebook. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "A Diplomat and a Raconteur". Newsline. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "Iqbal A. Akhund of Pakistan Elected President of Economic and Social Council". United Nations Digital Library System (in Latin). 13 January 1975. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • ^ "Iqbal Akhund: Pakistan (1976-1977)". The Group of 77. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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