New York, United States - February 18, 2025 Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday commended China for prioritizing multilateral cooperation in global governance reform at a high-level United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting. In an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in New York, Ishaq Dar praised China's leadership on multilateralism, citing its crucial role in addressing global challenges, during the UN Security Council's open debate on Practicing Multilateralism, Reforming and Improving Global Governance chaired by China. Ishaq Dar underscored the importance of collective decision-making rather than dominance by a single superpower, as he advocated for a more inclusive global order in which multiple nations contribute to governance and development. Shotlist: New York City, New York, USA - Feb 18, 2025: FILE: UN Headquarters, New York City - Date Unknown 1. Building of United Nations (UN) headquarters in distance; 2. UN headquarters building; 3. UN emblem; 4. Various of UN flag; New York City, New York, USA - Feb 18, 2025 5. Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in interview; 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister (starting with shot 5): "This importance has been in need of the time for particularly the few last years. You see, I must compliment the leadership of China, particularly my dear friend Foreign Minister Wang Yi having chosen this interesting subject, practicing multilateralism, and then, they are talking of reforming and implementing the system."; UN Headquarters, New York City - Feb 18, 2025 7. Various of open debate on Practicing Multilateralism, Reforming and Improving Global Governance in progress; FILE: UN Headquarters, New York City - Date Unknown 8. Flags outside UN headquarters building; New York City, New York, USA - Feb 18, 2025 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister: "The collective wisdom always is better than any solo flight or any solo superpower, which you are referring to. So, we are always supportive of; the global community and the global multilateral system should be working together for the peace, stability and development of everybody. And quoting the Chinese 'win-win for everybody' is the name of the game that we should all be working [together], which is win-win for every nation, every developing country and the developed countries. So, we have to work together. It's not easy. But I think we can bring a lot of improvement, a lot of clarity and a lot of wisdom, a lot of road map and direction to the right way."; FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Aug 25, 2022 10. Various of fast-motion footage of port scene; FILE: Qingdao City, Shandong Province, east China - 2023 11. Aerial shot of cargo ships at port; FILE: Ain Sokhna, Egypt - 2022 12. Various of factory, workers working; FILE: West Java, Indonesia - Feb 15, 2023 13. Technicians working to lay track slab; FILE: Africa - 2023 14. Chinese, African researchers talking with each other, holding testing container; 15. African researchers in lab; 16. Chinese, African workers checking equipment; 17. Chinese, African workers waving hands. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland, For news purpose only/No archive/Not for other production use]