Kathmandu, 27 September: Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal, Head of Nepali delegation, addressed the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday.
In his address, the Foreign Secretary outlined the threats to global peace and prosperity arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, inequalities, and climate crisis and stressed for stronger solidarity and cooperation in the international system to overcome them. Accentuating pandemic control as the top priority for the world, he called for vaccine equity and universal vaccination to save lives.
He mentioned that Nepal had vaccinated more than 96% of the target population while thanking neighbours, India, and China as well as development partners for supporting Nepal in the achievement of this milestone.
The Foreign Secretary stated that the interlinked global challenges seriously hampered the achievement of sustainable development goals, particularly for the countries in special situation like the LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDs. He mentioned that Nepal was on the path of graduation from the LDC category, despite the huge investment and capacity gaps for structural economic transformation and implementation of SDGs. He called for enhanced level of development assistance, foreign investment, debt relief, aid for trade, and technology transfer in support of Nepal’s graduation process
He also stressed the need for immediate implementation of climate finance goals to address the climate crisis faced by developing countries and reiterated Nepal’s commitment to achieving net zero emission by 2045, as expressed by Rt. Hon. Prime Minister in CoP26 in Glasgow. He also urged for reforms of international financial architecture for an equitable economic order.
According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, the Foreign Secretary reiterated Nepal’s principled position on peace, security, and disarmament.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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