Kathmandu, Nov. 1
Secretary-General of the
United Nations António Guterres
left for New York on Wednesday morning after completing his four-day official
visit to Nepal.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna
Bahadur Khadka and other senior officials of the Government of Nepal bade farewell
to the Secretary-General at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.
Issuing a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the visit of the UN Secretary-General to Nepal
has helped to further strengthen decades of Nepal-UN partnerships and provided
important impetus for deeper cooperation as Nepal gears towards graduation from
LDC status as well as accelerates the implementation of sustainable development
goals.
During his stay in Nepal, Guterres visited Lumbini, the birthplace of
Lord Buddha, Pokhara, Annapurna Base Camp, and Everest region, the United Nations House in Lalitpur and
addressed the staff and addressed the joint session of the Federal Parliament.
He called on President of Nepal Ramchandra Paudel,
and held meetings with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Speaker of
the House of Representatives Dev Raj Ghimire, DPMs Khadka and Narayankaji
Shrestha, Minister for Foreign Affairs
NP Saud, former PM and chair of CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli, and former PM and
President of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In those meetings and discussions, Secretary-General
Guterres appreciated Nepal's homegrown process to manage the peace and efforts
to mitigate climate change impacts.
He pledged the support of the UN and its agencies
to Nepal in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), helping make
the graduation from the Least Developed Country to a 'developing nation' a
smooth one, and concluding the remaining tasks of transitional justice.
Guterres also said that the teachings of Gautam
Buddha held more relevance in the present scenario and the international
community should follow the principles of 'panchasheel'.
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