Nepal & UN
PRIME MINISTER Girija Prasad Koirala, in a
message on the occasion of the 55th United Nations Day the other day, observed that Nepal
has regarded the objectives of the UN which include maintenance of peace and security in
the world, mobilisation of international assistance for socio-economic development of the
needy ones and the preservation and promotion of democracy, human rights and the rule of
law as the basic objectives of its foreign policy. The very fact that Nepal’s foreign
policy’s basic objectives not only closely reflect but are also in tandem with the
UN’s own aims that are enshrined in its Charter speaks voluminously of the
nation’s abiding faith in this world organisation’s aims. And, also its firm
commitment to this world body’s global endeavours. The UN, created immediately after
the Second World War to free humanity from the dangers and scourge of war, has been
exerting all its mite to fulfill this onerous responsibility with the close cooperation
and assistance of its member States, including Nepal. From amongst the numerous
initiatives that the UN has taken to fulfill this laudable objective, one is indeed the
creation of conducive conditions to bring about all-round development in all its member
States. In this regard, the UN, with contributions from its member States like Nepal, has
been keeping the peace in many troubled spots throughout the world. For, without peace,
there can be no development. And where there is no development, then civil unrest and
strife, coupled with social unrest, could erupt, thereby sowing the seeds of future
conflicts and even wars.
As far as keeping the peace is concerned,
Nepal’s contributions to the UN have been widely lauded by all member States. At the
call of the UN, Nepal, which firmly believes in peace, has been sending its police and
army personnel as well as civilians to keep and monitor the peace in different troubled
areas of the world. This apart, Nepal, just like the UN, has been continuously advocating
in various regional and global forums for the mobilisation of international aid for the
socio-economic development of the developing and least developed countries (LDCs) as well
as for the unrestricted access of developing and land-locked nations’ goods to the
developed countries’ markets. Concerning this, Nepal’s most recent initiative
was during the UN Millennium Summit where Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad
Koirala not only highlighted the plights of the LDCs but also reiterated Nepal’s firm
commitments to the ideals and objectives of this world organisation with which it has
long, close and beneficial relations.
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