Kathmandu, Apr. 21
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has
appealed to the world community to come up with generous packages for the
economic recovery of developing countries like Nepal.
In her address to the Annual
Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia 2022 on Thursday morning, she stressed the
need to forge partnership, collaboration and mutual cooperation among states in
order to overcome the challenges facing the world, according to a statement of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
President Bhandari called for 'Whole
of Region' and 'Whole of the World' approaches for the benefit of each and
every country in the world.
Likewise, underlining the important
lesson drawn from the pandemic, she stressed the need to invest in innovative
and quality health education as well as in the development of health
infrastructures.
The President also expressed hope
that the deliberations at the forum would encourage countries to adopt the measures
to control and prevent the pandemic as well as attain the economic recovery,
read the statement.
She highlighted the adverse impacts of
climate change on economy not least of mountainous and island countries and
urged every country to implement its commitments to reduce carbon emissions to
prevent global warming.
The Annual Conference is being held from
20 to 22 April in Boao, Hainan Province of China, under the theme of 'The world
in COVID-19 and beyond: Working together for global development and shared future'.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 April 2022.
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