--- title: "Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament" description: "Most outlets reported that Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, with Tahir Andrabi presiding over the meetings. The focus of the conference was broadly described as addressing nuclear disarmament, arms control, and the prevention of nuclear war. Some outlets added details about the scope of the agenda, such as space weaponization, AI, and global stability, while others emphasized Pakistan’s diplomatic role in guiding the conference until 2026. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with only minor variations in emphasis and additional context provided by some outlets." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3565-pakistan-takes-un-disarmament-conference-presidency site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament pakistan · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 7:51 AM PKT · 17–18 Aug 2026 · 12 articles from 10 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 10 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, with Tahir Andrabi presiding over the meetings. The focus of the conference was broadly described as addressing nuclear disarmament, arms control, and the prevention of nuclear war. Some outlets added details about the scope of the agenda, such as space weaponization, AI, and global stability, while others emphasized Pakistan’s diplomatic role in guiding the conference until 2026. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with only minor variations in emphasis and additional context provided by some outlets. ## Same story from 10 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://www.dawn.com/news/2023602/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament) · 18 Aug 2026, 7:51 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan took the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) on Monday, it vowed to act impartially in steering the body’s concluding work for the year, drawing a clear distinction between its role as chair and its longstanding national positions on contentious arms control issues. Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi, who is presiding over the CD meetings in Gene... - **Business Recorder** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435265/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament) · 18 Aug 2026, 5:13 AM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva. On Pakistan’s behalf, Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi, Additional Secretary (Arms Control and Disarmament) and Spokesperson, is presiding over the meetings of the CD. Pakistan holds the final Presidency of the Conference’s 2026 session and will therefore conclude its proceedings... - **Aaj News (English)** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330468306/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament) · 17 Aug 2026, 11:21 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan on Monday assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, with Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi presiding over the conference’s meetings on Pakistan’s behalf. Ambassador Andrabi, Additional Secretary (Arms Control and Disarmament) and Foreign Office spokesperson, chaired a meeting of the previous presidents of the Conference for the 2026 session a... - **24 News HD** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Aug-2026/pakistan-assumes-presidency-un-conference-disarmament) · 17 Aug 2026, 10:07 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, with Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi chairing the Conference’s meetings on behalf of Pakistan. - **Geo News** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://www.geo.tv/latest/677997-pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament) · 17 Aug 2026, 9:30 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > This representational image shows United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the Conference on Disarmament's high-level segment 2019. — UN/File Tahir Andrabi presides over UN conference on disarmament.Pakistan holds final presidency of conference’s... - **BOL News** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN conference on Disarmament](https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament/) · 17 Aug 2026, 9:13 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > The Foreign Office said Pakistan would guide the conference through the conclusion of its 2026 proceedings. The post Pakistan assumes presidency of UN conference on Disarmament appeared first on BOL News. - **The Express Tribune** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2624407/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament) · 17 Aug 2026, 5:10 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > The agenda includes issues such as the cessation of the nuclear arms race and the prevention of nuclear war - **Daily Times** — [Pakistan takes UN disarmament conference presidency](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1539591/pakistan-takes-un-disarmament-conference-presidency/) · 17 Aug 2026, 1:13 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament today, August 17, gaining an important diplomatic role in global arms control and security discussions. Foreign Office official Tahir Andrabi will chair the conference’s meetings in Geneva and guide discussions through an organized, balanced and consensus-based approach during Pakistan’s presidency. Read more : […] - **Dunya News** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN Conference on Disarmament today](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/968341-pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-un-conference-on-disarmament-today) · 17 Aug 2026, 12:39 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan is set to assume the UN Conference on Disarmament presidency on August 17, with Tahir Andrabi leading talks on nuclear arms, space security, AI and global stability. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan assumes presidency of UN conference to prevent nuclear wars, space weaponization](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2655004/pakistan) · 17 Aug 2026, 10:08 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday assumed the presidency of a key United Nations conference tasked with advancing international efforts to prevent nuclear wars, arms race and weaponization of the outer space, the Pakistani foreign ministry said. The United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) is the world’s single multilateral forum for negotiating disarmament and arms control treaties. Based at ... 12 articles from 10 outlets, 17–18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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