Regmi to fly to New York today
KATHMANDU, SEP 26 -
Chairman of the Interim Election Government Khil Raj Regmi is scheduled to leave for New York on Thursday where he will attend the 68th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly. This will be his first foreign trip after he became the government chairman in March.
Leading a Nepali delegation, Regmi is scheduled to attend the ongoing General Debate and deliver his statement to the General Assembly on September 28, the Foreign Ministry said.
While in New York, Regmi is scheduled to hold separate meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on September 28. He is also scheduled to interact with the Nepali Community in New York the same day.
Before leaving New Delhi for New York, Indian PM Singh said he looks forward to bilateral meetings with leaders of “some of our neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.”
According to a source, in his meetings with Singh and Ban, Regmi will mostly talk preparations being made for the November election, while he will seek support from the international community in making it a success.
The General Assembly will cover a broad range of subjects of global interest and concerns, including promotion of sustainable development and structural transformation in accordance with resolutions of the GA and recent UN conferences,
realisation of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, maintenance of international peace and security, women’s economic empowerment, international migration and development, promotion of human rights, promotion of justice and international law, drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism, a Foreign Ministry statement said.
Regmi will be accompanied by his wife Shanta, Personal Secretary Prakash Regmi and Chief of Protocol Kali Prasad Pokhrel. Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN Durga Prasad Bhattarai and Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office Uddhav Prasad Baskota. Regmi is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on October 1.
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