UN High Commissioner for HR calls on PM Oli

New York (USA), Sept 23: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Office of the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN here today.    

PM Oli is currently in New York, the USA, in connection with participating in the 79th United Nations General Assembly, leading the Nepali delegation.    
Nepal's peace process could be a model for the world    

On the occasion, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Türk, expressed his happiness over the endorsement of the legislations related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Disappeared Persons, the two laws connected to finalization of the peace process in Nepal.    

In the meeting, Türk stated that this topic of political consensus in Nepal could be a model for the world, according to Bishnu Prasad Rimal, the Principal Advisor to PM Oli, who was present during the meeting.    

Similarly, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights agreed that climate justice is inevitable to Nepal, as the melting of snow in the mountains of Nepal due to the global warming will affect the world.    

Prime Minister Oli stressed on giving equal and strategic value to climate justice issues for protecting the human race in the world.    

PM's Principal Advisor Rimal, Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal, and Nepal's Permanent Representative to the UN, Lok Bahadur Thapa were present during the meeting. (RSS)