Secretary-General Guterres pays courtesy call on President Paudel

Kathmandu, Nov 4: Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has paid a courtesy call on President Ramchandra Paudel, who is currently in Qatar's Capital, Doha, in course of attending the 'Second World Summit for Social Development'. 

On the occasion, the two leaders discussed about the implementation of Copenhagen commitments, social development, peace, social justice and attainment of shared goals of Sustainable Development, informed President's press advisor Kiran Pokharel. 

President Paudel noted that Nepal would closely work with the United Nations towards attaining shared goals of social development, peace, social justice and sustainable development besides the implementation of the Copenhagen commitments. 

The Head of the State shared that general election was announced for coming March 5 after dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), and Nepal was effortful for conducting the election in a free and impartial manner. 

He expressed the confidence that the upcoming election would give political outlet to the country, and assure the pathway of good governance, development and prosperity. 

The President also took the opportunity to call for support from the international community for adaptation and mitigation of adverse effects of climate change despite Nepal's negligible contributions to carbon emission. (RSS)