After becoming the chairman of ECOSOC, Thapa thanked Nepal for its credible role and promised to contribute to inclusive development.
What you should know
Lok Bahadur Thapa of Nepal has been elected as the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSAC). Permanent Representative and Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa has been elected as the President for the year 2025-2026, representing Nepal in the Economic and Social Council, which is considered to be an important entity of the United Nations. This is the first time that Nepal has become the President of ECOSOC of the League of Nations.
Earlier, Thapa was the vice-president of ECOSOC for the year 2024-2025. Thapa came to New York two years ago with the responsibility of permanent representative. He was previously the ambassador for Belgium and the EU. Algeria, Armenia, Dominican Republic and Spain have been elected as the president of Nepal and vice president of ECOSOC.
The election process for the leadership of the council was held at the meeting held on Thursday in New York, the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. Immediately after Thapa was elected, the outgoing chairman of the council, Bob Ray, the permanent representative of Canada, handed over the gavel and installed Thapa as the chairman. After being elected as the president, Thapa expressed his gratitude to all the member states for the trust and support given to Nepal for this important role. He also claimed that this is a historic opportunity for Nepal and that presiding over ECOSOC is proof of his commitment to multilateralism and his desire to contribute to building a fair, inclusive and just world.
President Thapa said that due to the climate crisis, economic confusion and deepening inequality, confidence in the multilateral system is decreasing, as there are challenges as well as opportunities in technology, the role of ECOSOC will be even more important at this time. "ECOSOC has set 'transformative, just, innovative and possible actions for the universal future' for 2025-2026 and work will be done according to that slogan," Thapa said in the meeting, "Nepal will show the world by doing exemplary work in ECOSOC." Department to do. ECOSOC works together with member states, various UN agencies, expert organizations and civil society (such as NGOs) to formulate policy, debate, advise, research, and monitor to achieve global development goals.
