Socioeconimic transformation main agenda: Bairagi

Kathmandu, Oct. 28: Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi Friday shed light on  Nepal’s achievements at the United Nations Security Council Debate on Women, Peace and Security, towards promoting and protecting rights and interests of women since the adoption of the UNSC resolution 1325 in 2006.

“With the stability in Nepal following the successful peace process the next national agenda would be the socioeconomic transformation of the country,” he told the international community.

The event was organised in New York and was presided over by France, the president of the Security Council for the month of October 2017.

According to a press statement issued by the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations at New York, the debate featured ministers and senior level representatives from member states.

Bairagi updated the Security Council on Nepal’s National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security pursuant to the UNSC resolutions 1325 and 1820.

He also underlined the importance of engaging women in the management of conflict and post-conflict peace-building.

The Foreign Secretary discussed matters of common interests during his meeting with the President of the General Assembly Mtroslav Lajcak.

“On the occasion, Bairagi appreciated the role of the General Assembly in convening various high-level meeting on agendas of global importance and requested him to prioritize the agenda in favour of the neediest countries including the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked LDCs,” read the statement.

President Lajcak briefed about the upcoming high-level events including on youth, water, conflict prevention and financing for development that he would be holding during the 72^nd session of the UNGA.

“While appreciating Nepal’s active participation in past General Assembly sessions, he shared his confidence that Nepal will continue to do so in the days ahead, given Nepal’s significant contributions to peacekeeping and other multilateral initiatives,” said the statement.

Permanent representative of Nepal to the UN Durga Prasad Bhattarai was also present during the meeting.