Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa is
scheduled to leave for Istanbul, Turkey today to participate in the World
Humanitarian Summit convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations.
He
will be accompanied by National Reconstruction Authority chief executive
officer Sushil Gyawali, foreign secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and senior
officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and Ministry of Home
Affairs.
Permanent
Representatives of Nepal to the UN in New York and Geneva will join the
delegation in Istanbul, informed the MoFA in a press statement Friday.
"The
first-ever World Humanitarian Summit aims to re-inspire and reinvigorate a
commitment to humanity and to the universality of humanitarian principles,
initiate a set of concrete actions and commitments as well as share best
practices which can help save lives around the world," read the statement.
Representatives
from business, aid organizations, civil society, affected communities and youth
will also participate in the summit.
The
DPM is also scheduled to pay an official visit to Israel from 24th
May to 26th May. He will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu as well as other leaders during his stay there.
DPM
Thapa will also lead Nepalese delegation to the comprehensive high level
mid-term review of the Istanbul Programme of Action being held in Antalya of
Turkey from 27th to 29th May.
The
IPOA aims at enabling half of the least developed countries to meet the
criteria for graduation from the LDC category.
DPM
Thapa is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu on 30th May.
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