Nepal UN envoy seeks continued support from int'l community

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Gyan Chandra Acharya has called on the international community to continue to assist Nepal in its efforts to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens.



“Wider and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms demands adequate provision of resources in addition to national legislations and institutional framework. Nepal, as a least developed country, confronts significant constraints in mobilizing domestic resources,” Acharya said in his statement to the UN in New York on Thursday.[break]



Speaking about efforts made by the government of Nepal with regard to promoting human rights in the country, he appreciated the role of Human Rights Council, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and various treaty bodies, special procedures and mandate holders.



Nepal had presented its UPR report earlier this year at the 10th session of UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.



Nepal has ratified 22 international human rights instruments, including the six core ones. The provisions enshrined in these instruments have been incorporated in the interim constitution and other legal instruments.



He said human rights and fundamental freedoms that are incorporated in the interim constitution include right to freedom, right to equality, right to justice, education and cultural right, right to property, right to social justice, right to information, right to publication, broadcasting and press, right to privacy, right against exploitation, right against torture, right against untouchability and racial discrimination, right against exploitation, right against exile, right against preventive detention, right of women, right of child, right regarding environment and health, right regarding labor and right regarding employment and social security.



Acharya told the international community that Nepal has been making consistent efforts to improve human rights situation in the country following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in 2006 and the election of the Constituent Assembly in 2008.



“The Constituent Assembly is now engaged in writing a new constitution for Nepal. That will further consolidate human rights provisions in the constitution,” he said.



“The government of Nepal is fully committed to protecting life, liberty and property of its people through social inclusion, the rule of law, independence of judiciary and elimination of all kinds of discrimination as well as by asserting their economic and social rights in an inclusive manner,” he said.

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