International Summit: Aims to 'Brand' Lumbini

In a press conference held at the Chief Minister's Liaison Office in Butwal on Saturday to inform about the

conference, Chief Minister Choudhary said that the conference will help in branding Lumbini internationally and help convey the message of Buddha's compassion, non-violence and peace.

"Our main objective is to brand Lumbini at the international level, nothing else," he said, "We are engaged in the final preparations for the management of the conference, the security of the guests and the achievements that can be taken from the conference." We also ask for everyone's cooperation in that.' He said that 9 Nobel Peace Prize winners from different countries and 30 other special guests are sure to come to participate in the

conference. More than 300 Nepalese and foreign experts will participate in the conference, along with heads of some countries that have established diplomatic relations with Nepal, heads of government, former heads, Nobel Prize winners, global decision makers, experienced youth and young leaders who have risen from poverty. According to the information given by Chief Minister Choudhary at the

conference, Nobel Peace Prize winners Timor Leste President Joze Mamos Orta (1796), Jody Williams (1997), 2011 joint winner Lehrim Bowie and Tuwako Karmayan will participate.

Similarly, 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winners Abdessatar Wayne Moussa and Vided Boussamawuis, among the founders of Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Richard Roberts (1993), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ari Warsnall (2013) will also come to Lumbini .

Similarly, on the occasion of the summit, economist Jeffrey Sachs, Jordan's Prince Ali Win Al Hussein, Scott Home International Peace Research Institute board chairman Stefan Lofven, Panama's former first lady Lorena Casillo, Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary General Martin Chungo and others have been confirmed to participate.

There are preparations to take the Nobel Prize winner to Palpa's Tansen, Pyuthan's Swargadhari and Bardia National Park. Government spokesperson and Home Minister Santosh Kumar Pandey said that working papers on 10 different topics will be presented at the conference and the Lumbini Declaration will be issued. Before the opening of the conference, the foreign guests will walk from the Mayadevi temple complex, the birthplace of Buddha, and reach the Lumbini Assembly Hall for the opening. A budget of 65 million rupees was allocated for the

conference by announcing it in the policy and program of the state government. Chief Minister Chowdhury said that the date of the conference has been decided after the decision of the state government and the decision of the federal government and the state government will manage the resources from donor agencies and conduct the conference at the least financial cost of the government.

"We are spending only 2.5 million from the government," he said, "All other funds are being supported by donor agencies." The support continues to come. The conference will open doors of possibilities for investment promotion in Lumbini by controlling and reducing violence against children, child labor, child marriage and child trafficking. Nahkul KC said .