Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba said that her week-long visit to Geneva was successful and productive. Minister Rana, who went to Geneva to participate in the 58th high-level session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, returned home today.
She addressed the high-level session of the United Nations Human Rights Council last Tuesday. In that session, the ministers of foreign affairs and human rights of the member states of the United Nations and people working in the field of human rights participated.
He said that Nepal has been working for a long time in the protection and promotion of human rights to the world community. She also said that with the same commitment, Nepal has submitted its candidature as a member of the said council for the year 2027 to 2029, and has asked all the member states of the United Nations to cooperate with Nepal.
'I asked the world community to vote for Nepal in its candidacy with the membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council,' she said, 'They have also promised to support Nepal.' During the
visit, Minister Rana had a meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Valkar Tuck and informed about the situation of human rights and transitional justice in Nepal.
During her stay in Geneva, she said that she met with counterparts, delegations and leaders of Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Slovakia, Philippines, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico and other countries and discussed issues of bilateral interests.
Minister Rana went to Geneva last Saturday leading a 6-member Nepalese delegation. The delegation with him today at 10:30 in Kathmandu The Qatar Airways flight from Doha was diverted to Kolkata, India, due to bad weather. After that, the team returned to Kathmandu from Kolkata only in the afternoon.
