Pakistan urges UN to address root causes of conflicts National January 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a ‘concrete increase’ in financial commitments to support conflict prevention and peace-building around the world. Agreeing with Guterres, Pakistan says that ‘national ownership’ must remain the core principle of peace-building and should determine all investment decisions of the High-Level Replenishment Conference of the UN Peace-building Fund (PBF). Pakistan has also announced a financial pledge as part of contribution to PBF, but the amount was not made public. It further impressed upon the United Nations to address the root causes of conflicts including injustice, inequality and suppression of the right of self-determination of people under foreign occupation, in order to build and sustain global peace.