Nepal Reaffirms Commitment to Human Rights at UN Review

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai has reaffirmed that Nepal is fully committed to protecting human rights.

He made this statement while presenting Nepal’s national report at the 51st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.

Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva said that Rai highlighted the country’s progress in protecting civil, political, social, economic, and cultural rights, as well as efforts to strengthen democratic institutions.

The session was attended by Joint Secretary Krishna Prasad Dhakal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal’s Ambassador to Switzerland Ram Prasad Subedi, other senior officials from the Ministry, and representatives from the Nepali Mission in Geneva.