Foreign Minister Rana and UN Under Secretary General Bahous hold meeting
Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba and the United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN-Women, Sima Sami Iskandar Bahous, held a meeting in New York on Thursday.
During the meeting, Minister Rana lauded the UN-Women for the works it has been carrying out in the women empowerment field.
She said that Nepal is always eager to work together with UN-Women for gender equality.
PM Oli and UNGA President Yang hold talks
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and President of the 79th United Nations General Assembly Philemen Yang held a meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
PM Oli is currently in New York leading the Nepali delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Oli extended an invitation to the UNGA President to visit Nepal.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba, PM's principal political advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal and Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal among others were present during the meeting.
PM Oli holds separate meetings with his counterparts of Qatar, Pakistan and Laos
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is in New York to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly, held separate meetings with the leaders of Qatar, Pakistan and Laos on Thursday.
The meeting with the Qatar Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, was held at the office of Qatar's Permanent Mission to the UN. Principal political advisor to PM Oli, Bishnu Prasad Rimal and Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal, among other officials were present in this meeting.
Similarly, PM Oli and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting at the UN Headquarters on Thursday. PM's advisor Rimal and Nepal's Permanent Representative to the UN, Lok Bahadur Thapa were present in the meeting.
Likewise, Prime Minister Oli and Prime Minister of Laos, Sonexay Siphandone, had a meeting at the UN Headquarters. PM's principal political advisor Rimal, Nepal's permanent representative to the UN, Lok Bahadur Thapa among other officials were present during the meeting.
Bar on warpath against the Bench
Nepal Bar Association has objected to what it called “efforts to appoint judges unconstitutionally”.
According to the Bar, the Judicial Council under Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha has decided to convene a meeting for recommending candidates to be appointed as judges barely a week before his retirement, in contravention of Article 141, (1) and (3) of the Constitution of Nepal.
Earlier too, after the Bar staged a sit-in during a Judicial Council meeting, a working group was formed to address the Bar’s concerns, to no avail. Bar President Gopal Krishna Ghimire said they have no other option than staging protests, including sit-ins, if the Judicial Council recommends candidates for judgeship in violation of the Constitution.
Chairman Ghimire said, "Nepal Bar Association has spoken for a year against the regulations of the Judicial Council, which contradict Articles 141 (1) and (3) of the Constitution. As the Judicial Council did not heed our objections even in the course of a year, we organized a protest, a meeting to warn the council, coinciding with its meeting.”
He added, "If the Judicial Council continues with the ‘unconstitutional appointment process’ by ignoring our objections, we will convene a working committee meeting of the Bar and announce a series of protests. This includes boycotting judges appointed unconstitutionally. We have postponed today's program, but will continue our protests tomorrow.”
The Bar has announced a protest on the Supreme Court premises after 1:00 pm on Sept 26 (Thursday) against the ‘unconstitutional move’ of the Judicial Council.
