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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