The Rt. Hon’ble President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav received the Letters of Credence today from Her Excellency Ms. Alaina B. Teplitz, His Excellency Mr. Raul Ignacio Guastavino, Her Excellency Ms. Gennet Zewide, Ambassadors of the United States of America, Argentine Republic and Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Nepal respectively, amidst a special ceremony held at the Ceremonial Hall, Office [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Nepalese delegation met with H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General in New York today. On the occasion, the Secretary-General commended Nepal on the promulgation of democratic constitution in Nepal. He thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for Nepal’s longstanding contribution to peacekeeping. The Secretary-General inquired and showed [ Read More … ]
1. Hon’ble Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development Mr. Prakash Man Singh called on His Excellency President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mr. Maithripala Sirisena on the sidelines of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today. During the meeting, they discussed the matters of mutual interest [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Nepalese delegation, participated in the General Debate of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York today. The theme of the Session was “the UN at 70: the road ahead for peace, security and human rights”. Addressing the 70th Session of the [ Read More … ]
Special Assistant to the United States President and Senior Director for South Asian Affairs, Mr. Peter R. Lavoy, paid a courtesy call on Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Nepalese Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly at the Permanent Mission of Nepal in New York today. On the occasion, the two sides [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of Nepalese delegation to the 70th Session of the UNGA, participated in the Global Leaders’ Meeting entitled “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” jointly organized on the sidelines of the UNGA by the People’s Republic of China and the UN Women. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of Nepalese delegation to the 70th Session of the UNGA addressed the High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation jointly organized on the sidelines of the UNGA by the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations. The Roundtable on the theme “Strengthening South-South Cooperation in the Framework of Post-2015 Development [ Read More … ]
The Government of Nepal is concerned over undue delay on the movement and clearance of cargo vehicles resulting in significant decrease in the flow of essential goods to Nepal from India via different border checkpoints for last few days. This decreased flow has been noted particularly since September 23, 2015 whereas the security situation in Terai has remained the same [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development of the Government of Nepal attended the Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda in New York, today. The Summit adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that consists of 17 goals and 169 targets to be attained by 2030. While addressing [ Read More … ]
Hon. Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development of the Government of Nepal arrived in New York in the afternoon today, leading a Nepalese delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda beginning from 25 September 2015. [ Read More … ]