KATHMANDU, JANUARY 22
Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai expressed Nepal's full-fledged commitment towards protecting human rights.
He shared the commitment while presenting the national report to the 51st Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, Secretary Rai highlighted Nepal's continued progress in protecting and promoting human rights, including advancing civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights and strengthening democratic institutions.
Also present on the occasion were Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Krishna Prasad Dhakal, Nepal's Ambassador to Switzerland Ram Prasad Subedi and senior officials of Nepali Mission there.