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PRIME MINISTER Lokendra Bahadur Chand has called upon the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to seriously address the problems of developing countries and defend their common interests. Addressing the 13th summit conference of the NAM in Kuala Lumpur Monday, the Nepalese premier said the developed nations should also provide deeper debt relief and open their markets for developing countries, particularly for the least developed countries (LDCs). Mr. Chand said the NAM must join hands for the implementation of the pledges made by the international community, and that efforts should be made to ensure effective fulfillment of collective commitments on the eradication of poverty, creation of a fair world trading regime and adequate financing for development in a sustainable manner. THE GOVERNMENT HAS initiated action against 50 medical doctors for not attending their duties, at their appointed stations in various district hospitals and health organizations. Almost all the doctors facing charges are employed abroad, where they had gone to undertake specialized training. The Ministry of Health was forced to take action on 'absconding' doctors, when it had to recruit new doctors for the vacancies. "The Health Ministry was compelled to take action against the doctors to fulfill vacancies created by their absence," said Mahendra Nath Aryal, Secretary at the Ministry of Health. A year-and-a-half ago, the Ministry had sent notices to doctors practicing abroad and doctors stationing themselves in the more lucrative urban areas. However, when none of the government appointed doctors responded, the government took the strong measures. As most of the 'absentee' doctors had been appointed by the Public Service Commission (PSC), officials said the Health Ministry had initiated action after consulting the PSC. HAVING FULLY COMPLIED with the US Food and Drug Administration mandate, Dabur Nepal Pvt Ltd has been awarded the international certification of the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and the highly coveted Hazard Analysis and Critical Control points (HACCP) for its well known product, Real fruits juices. The certification was conferred by SGS Group- a member of SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance- the global leader in verification, testing and certification. Good Manufacturing practice is a pre-requisite to attaining the HACCP status. It is the minimum sanitary and processing requirement applicable to the food processing establishments, said a statement by the company. THE NATIONAL HUMAN Rights Commission has flayed the government and the Maoists for failing to make public the code of conduct to be followed by them even after nearly one month of the cease fire. Addressing an interaction program here early this week, NHRC chairman Nayan Bahadur Khatri said that other political parties and civil society have the right to know about and take part in the process of proposed peace talks. Member of the NHRC, Sushil Pyakurel, said that the Commission was yet to get response from the government and the rebels on the draft code of conduct. The Commission had sent the draft code to be followed by both the parties in conflict during the period of cease fire. THE SUPREME COURT IS to hand down its verdict on a controversial case seeking the return to Nepal of territory 'lost' to the British rulers of India in 1815. The case concerns two writs filed in the Court, which questions the validity of Nepal's present-day boundary. The writs argue that much of Nepali territory lies across the border in India and the Court should direct the government to recover those. After the final hearing on the case, a joint bench of Justices Hari Prasad Sharma, Dilip Kumar Poudel and Khil Raj Regmi, announced last week that a verdict would be handed down on March 11. Yogi Narharinath and Phanindra Nepal filed the two separate writs in 1998 and 2000. The writs argue that with the signing of the 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty with India, all previous treaties such as the Sugauli Treaty with British India are null and void as per clause 8 of the 1950 treaty. The 1815 Sugauli Treaty limited Nepal's borders to its present day boundary, and gave a large chunk of its territories to the then British government in India. WITH THE NUMBER OF Nepalese vying to go abroad in search of job ever-increasing, the number of manpower agencies registered with the government has nearly doubled over the last one year, officials said. According to the Department of Labor and Employment Promotion, a total of 63 foreign employment agencies were registered in the first half of the current fiscal year compared to 36 companies registered during the same period last year. Malaysia is the most preferred country with nearly 23,000 Nepalese leaving for the South East Asian country in the first half of the year 2002-03. Over 51,000 Nepalese had left here for abroad in search of job during this period. |
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