Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has set up “United Nations (UN) Corner†at its Central library aimed at providing the youth, faculty members and research students to get access to the UN publications and other promotional and visual materials.
This is the part of the University’s concerted efforts to promote research culture, said Vice Chancellor Prof. Shahid Siddiqui while addressing here at launching of UN Corner.
The participants appreciated the AIOU’s huge academic and infrastructure network for promoting quality education in the country. They noted the University had made a big headway in expanding its educational network and bringing about qualitative improvement in the academic activities under the leadership of Dr. Shahid Siddiqui.
Director UNIC, Vittorio Commarota said that this corner can be a good start to bring the members and visitors of this facility closer to the United Nations even being not physically in the UN House. He said that we look forward to further cooperation and bilateral visits in the near future. He assured the Vice-Chancellor that UN Corner will regularly be updated by providing the latest UN publications.