 In terms of collaboration at the United Nations, both countries occasionally support each other's candidatures at several UN-affiliated agencies.This is premised on the principle of reciprocity and in the recent past, this has been witnessed by mutual backing or withdrawal from the electoral race in favour of the other during rounds of voting.Two sessions of this bilateral mechanism have been organized thus far, the last one in September 2012 during the 8th Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) in Islamabad.