Eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger

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Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day

Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Rana Zahid Habib Chairman

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Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

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Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five

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Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory, includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction— nationally and internationally

Address the least developed countries' special needs. This includes tariff- and quota-free access for their exports; enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries; cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction

Address the special needs of landlocked and small island developing States

Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt problems through national and international measures to make debt sustainable in the long term

In cooperation with the developing countries, develop decent and productive work for youth

In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies— especially information and communications technologies

Sidrah Farooq Chairman

Human Rights Committee

The Mission of United Nations Association of Pakistan is to promote and protect human rights for all, and aware and encourage people to speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations. We provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges, and act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities.

Since Governments have the primary responsibility to protect human rights, UNAP provides assistance to Governments, such as expertise and technical trainings in the areas of administration of justice, legislative reform, and electoral process, to help implement international human rights standards on the ground. We also assist other entities with responsibility to protect human rights to fulfill their obligations and individuals to realize their rights.

The UNAP undertook a range of activities spanning the whole spectrum of human rights, with a view to both raising awareness among citizens about fundamental rights and monitoring their situation.

He has made various chapter / taskforce offices of the organization remained active in holding workshops, fact-finding missions, seminars, surveys and rallies. Numerous workshops on political education and a series of consultations on issues relating to elections were designed to increase awareness about the importance of the electoral process in a democratic dispensation. A number of workshops, fact-finding missions and visits focused on rights of segments of population with additional vulnerabilities, including women, children and refugees. For the Rights of women and children the UNAP has made the following agenda to work,-Intervening where important and possible for redressal of individual injustice or fear of injustice.

- Information collection, so that a track was kept of happenings and tendencies on a day-to-day basis.

- Fact-finding through UNAP’s own missions for an independent, objective inquiry into an event or development of concern and to build appropriate pressure for action.

- Seminars on human right issues or human rights aspect of issues to create awareness or/and to influence and mobilize public opinion.

- Workshops to involve motivators, activists and others and develop insight/skill/know-how in respect of chosen activity.

- Surveys and studies in areas of concern where new formulations or findings required to be made.

- Publications to disseminate new information, to focus public attention or advance a point of view on issues of current concern, or as tools for coordination of activity.

- Public demonstrations as a way both of mobilizing people and seeking to influence decision-makers.

- Lobbying public representatives in the direction of the public action being canvassed.

- Legal assistance in individual cases of particular need, and court intervention on issues of general concern to UNAP Human right committee.

- Networking with like-minded organizations within the country and liaison abroad, mostly with human rights bodies and in relation to human rights concerns, to exchange views and information and develop solidarity of concern and action.

For Advocacy Project The UNAP seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice.

This project offers several services that are aimed at strengthening community-based advocacy. These services have been developed during several years of working side by side with partners and responding to requests from UNAP members and government. They are also designed to play to UNAP's strengths as a networking and advocacy catalyst. Except where stated otherwise, UNAP services are offered at no cost to members.

For Human rights awareness and mobilization of activists the UNAP has made following agenda,
- spreading awareness of human rights among the people;
- exposing wrongs and disseminating knowledge about them;
- motivating communities for Collective response against local wrongs;
- mobilizing public opinion against bigger or systemic ills

Human Rights protection
This project is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.The UNAP stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice, investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable, challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law, enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.

More than 240 dedicated professionals work for this project. We have lawyers, journalists, academics, and country experts of many nationalities and diverse backgrounds. We often join forces with human rights groups from other countries to further our common goals. A growing cadre of volunteers supports us.