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FM Gyawali to leave for Geneva today



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By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Feb. 21: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is leaving for Geneva on Friday leading a Nepali delegation to the High-Level Segment of the 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held from 24 February 2020.
He is scheduled to address the High-Level Segment of the Council on 25 February, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Thursday.
The Foreign Minister will interact with the diplomatic community in Geneva in a reception being hosted in his honour by Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office in Geneva Mani Prasad Bhattarai.
While in Geneva, Gyawali will have a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. On the sidelines of the session, he will also have bilateral meetings with his counterparts from various countries.
Nepali delegation comprises of the senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, MoFA and the Permanent Representative and other officials from the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in Geneva.
The Foreign Minister will return home on 28 February 2020.