Kamal Thapa’s opening speech at the 23rd Session of Universal Periodic Review

On Wednesday, the 23rd Session of Universal Period Review in Human Rights Council reviewed Nepal’s report on human rights situation in the country. The 23rd Session of Universal Period Review in Human Rights Council was conducted at Geneva of Switzerland. The opening speech was given by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal i.e. Kamal Thapa. He also presented the report on behalf of the Government of Nepal. In the report it was mentioned that the the country’s human rights situation has significantly improved since 2011 when the last UPR was conducted.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs said, ‘It is a great honour and privilege for me to present Nepal’s second UPR report to this august session. My delegation is pleased to have this opportunity to present this report on Nepal’s efforts towards fulfilling its international obligations and commitments on the issues of human rights, update the status of implementation of the recommendations that we accepted under the first UPR cycle, highlight our achievements, and share what remains to be done as well as the challenges and constraints we confront with. We look forward to having a productive interactive dialogue with the member states on these issues.’

The Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa added, ‘My delegation includes the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN in Geneva, Secretaries of relevant Ministries and other Senior Officials from different agencies responsible for the formulation of human rights policies and implementation of human rights obligations. The new constitution guarantees substantive equality, and promotes human dignity, identity, and opportunity for all by ending all forms of discrimination and inequalities. This fundamental law of the land safeguards every right of persons, groups and communities, embracing multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and diverse geographical specificity.’

He also said that the new constitution further aimed to create egalitarian society on the basis of the principles of proportional inclusion and participation, to ensure equitable economic opportunities, shared prosperity and social justice. All these were aimed to be done by ending discrimination related to class, ethnicity, region, language, religion and gender. He also said that all the government bodies would work really hard to provide equal rights to woman, the low caste people and other many ethnic groups.

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