Sunday, July 21, 2019

Nepal participate in the ministerial meeting of NAM

Nepal participated in the ministerial meeting of the coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held yesterday and today in Caracas, Venezuela.
Speaking at the general debate organised under the theme of ‘Promotion and Consolidation of Peace through Respect for International Law’,  ambassador and permanent representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York and the head of Nepali delegation Amrit Bahadur Rai expressed Nepal’s resolve,  as a founding member of NAM, to play an active and constructive role to strengthen and revitalise the NAM in upholding its principles, principles of international law and charter of the United Nations (UN) for sovereign equality, peace and prosperity in the world. While highlighting the success of Nepal’s home-grown peace process, ambassador Rai stressed the importance of dialogue for the pacific settlement of disputes.
Earlier yesterday, Nepali delegation also participated in the opening session of the ministerial meeting which was chaired by minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza. In the capacity of the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since 2016, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro addressed the plenary session of the ministerial meeting yesterday afternoon. Also, in the presence of Maduro, the plenary session of the ministerial meeting adopted the ‘Caracas Final Document’ and the ‘Caracas Political Declaration’, which were negotiated in New York.
Later yesterday, Nepali delegation attended a dinner programme hosted by the minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in honour of the heads of the delegations to the meeting.
The ministerial meeting was preceded by the senior officials’ meeting of the NAM held on July 18 -19 also in Caracas. The two-member Nepali delegation to the ministerial and senior officials’ meetings was led by ambassador and permanent representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York Amrit Bahadur Rai and included counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York Surendra Thapa.

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