In a recent event, President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to three newly-appointed Nepali Ambassadors on Friday 08, 2019.

Following Nepali Ambassadors swore in at a special function in the President House:

• Amrit Bahadur Rai – Nepal Permanent Representative to United Nations and other International Organizations in New York
• Mani Prasad Bhattarai – Nepal Permanent Representative to United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
• Anjan Shakya – Nepal’s Permanent Ambassador to Israel

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shanker Das Bairagi, Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa and high-level officials from the Office of the President and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present at the swearing-in ceremony.

Nepali Sansar congratulates the newly-appointed Ambassadors and wishes them luck for their new roles!

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Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali confirmed Rai’s appointment as Ambassador and Nepal’s PR to United States in New York at the Cabinet meeting on January 07, 2019.

The is an important diplomatic position for Nepal and has been vacant ever since the former Nepal Permanent Representative Durga Prasad Bhattarai was sent home following his extended tenure.

Rai is a career diplomat and has served as Nepalese Ambassador to South Africa since December 2014.

Going by the usual trend, recent ambassadorial nominations have been based on the candidates seniority.

However, this appointment seems conspicuous and raises questions as to why the government chose Rai over senior-most joint secretary and Ministry spokesperson in Kathmandu, Bharat Raj Paudyal.

MoFA’s Joint Secretaries Crunch

Meanwhile, following the trend of nominating joint secretaries as ambassadors, Nepal is going to face a crunch of joint secretaries in the coming months.

Two weeks ago, the government recommended ambassadors from among career diplomats to five countries including Canada, France, Kuwait, Thailand and Switzerland.

• Joint Secretaries at the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MoFA) Ganesh Prasad Dhakal is recommended as Ambassador to Thailand
• Mani Prasad Bhattarai to Switzerland
• Bhrigu Dhungana to Canada
• Dipak Adhikari to France
• Durga Prasad Bhandari to Kuwait

The cabinet meeting also decided to recall Nepali ambassadors to Bangladesh, South Korea and Spain appointed by the former Sher Bahadur Deuba-led cabinet.

Arjun Jung Bahadur Singh from South Korea, Bharat Bahadur Rayamajhi from Spain and Professor Dr Chop Lal Bhushal were recalled from Bangladesh.

New Ambassadors Present Letters of Credence to Nepal Prez

Joining the league of Ambassadors representing various countries in Nepal, four newly appointed ambassadors presented their letters of credence to President Bidya Devi Bhandari amid a special ceremony at Sheetal Nivas on January 07, 2019.

Following new ambassadors presented their credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari:

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ambassador – Jo Yong Man
• People’s Republic of China – Hou Yanqi
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Musaid Bin Sulaiman M Al-Mawany
• The Kingdom of Sweden – Klas Molin

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, Secretary at the Office of the President Binod KC, the Chief of Protocol Deepak Adhikari were among the high government officials present at the occasion.

The ambassadors were escorted to the President’s Office in a horse-driven carriage with special honor.

Earlier in December 2018, Nepal was also preparing to send four ambassadorial candidates to India, Malaysia, United Arab and Israel. Each of the candidates had to go through a stringent hearing process before being nominated.

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These women were being trafficked to India when Maiti Nepal interfered and brought them back. According to Maiti Nepal’s eastern region office Kakadvitta, they were given counseling before being united with their parents.

Shocking Statistics!

• Out of 174 women, 10 were rescued from Indian cities like Siliguri, Delhi and Khoribari
• During the January-June 2018 period, 86 missing cases were reported at Maiti Nepal, Kakadvitta, out of which 30 have already been found
• During the same period, Maiti Nepal registered three cases of human trafficking and two under domestic violence at the court
• In the last six months, the organization has stopped 195 women from being trafficked to India through Pashupatinagar transit point and rescued 18 women from traffickers
• 63 missing complaints have been registered in Pashupatinagar, from which 22 women have been found
• The organization has prevented 120 women from being trafficked through Jogbani transit point in Morang district out of which four have been rescued
• According to Maiti Nepal, 35 missing cases were registered in the Jogbani region out of which 14 have been found

Following these alarming events, Maiti Nepal has been maintaining constant surveillance at Kakadvitta, Pashupatinagar, Bhadrapur and Jogbani as these places serve as transit points for human trafficking.

Simultaneously, Maiti Nepal has been conducting various awareness programs in collaboration with Nepal Police to stop human trafficking.

16 Rescued in New Delhi
In another major development concerning the human trafficking row, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) saved 16 young Nepali girls from being trafficked to Iraq and Kuwait. The act was busted midway following a raid in Delhi’s Munirka area.

Swati Maliwal DCW Chief took to Twitter to share about the incident.

“The traffickers had taken away their passports, locking them up in a tiny room we saved them from today. This trafficking operation had been going on for eight months. Seven other girls have already been sent to Kuwait and Iraq 15 days ago. We have no idea what may have happened to them!” reads her twitter post

 21 Rescued in Kenya
In another scenario, the Embassy of Nepal in South Africa is keeping a tab on of 21 Nepali women who were rescued from two clubs in Nairobi on July 19, 2018.

“We are aware that 21 Nepali young women were rescued in Kenya. We are trying to find out their details through our consulate general in Kenya,” says Amrit Bahadur Rai, Nepali Ambassador to South Africa.

Rai also revealed that officials were already on their task of collecting information about them but didn’t mention anything about their condition.

The women had reached Kenya through India and Bangladesh.

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