Foreign Secretary Lamsal pays courtesy call on UN Secretary-General

Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal has paid a courtesy call to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York.

She paid a courtesy to UN Secretary-General Guterres on Tuesday. The Nepal Mission to the UN in New York stated that discussions were held on the Nepal-UN partnership, Nepal’s graduation from the LDC category, the UN’s contribution to Nepal’s development efforts, issues related to climate change and the importance of effective multilateralism, among other issue.

Foreign Secretary Lamsal is in the US to attend the General Debate of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on behalf of the groups of LDCs. Likewise, Secretary Lamsal congratulated SIDS for adopting an ambitious and action-oriented blueprint and expressed LDC’s solidarity with SIDS.

She also underlined the high cost paid by the countries in special situations due to climate change and urged the international community to support them, according to the Nepal Mission to the UN in New York.

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