Kathmandu, Feb. 21
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep
Kumar Gyawali Friday left for Geneva to participate in the 43rd
session of the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC).
He is leading a Nepali delegation
to the High-Level Segment of the event to be held from February 24.
He is scheduled to address the High-Level
Segment of the Council on February 25. Nepal is a member of the UNHRC for
2018-2020. This is the first time the Himalayan nation was elected as the
member of the global human rights body since its creation in 2006.
FM Gyawali will interact with the
diplomatic community in Geneva in a reception being hosted in his honour by
Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office in Geneva Mani
Prasad Bhattarai.
While in Geneva, Gyawali will have
a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Michelle Bachelet
Jeria. On the sidelines of the session, he will also have bilateral meetings
with his counterparts from various countries.
He will return home on February 28.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 February 2020. 
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