The Government of Nepal has invited two UN Special Rapporteurs to take a stock of human rights situation in Nepal and report them back to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

According to the Nepali Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the Ministry has already written to UNHRC in Geneva to send two special rapporteurs to analyze rights issues in Nepal pertaining to food and women violence.

The Ministry also welcomed UN’s official check on issues related to migration.

The special official on food-related rights would assess Nepal in terms of UN’s Right to Food that demands regular, permanent and unrestricted access to food in sufficient quantity and adequate quality.

Whereas, the other official would assess rights violation and violence against women, related causes and consequences, in Nepal.

This will be conveyed to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights through Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva today, said the Ministry in its yesterday’s release.

Prior to this, UNHRC had asked Nepal regarding sending of its special rapporteurs to the country. However, Nepal did not approve UN’s request due to internal issues.

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The Ministry, in its report data released on the occasion of International Youth Day on August 13, 2017, revealed that 1,600 Nepali youth leave the country for foreign employment each day and this number is increasing day-by-day.

According to the report, around 538,000 youth moved out of the country for foreign employment in the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Joint Secretary at the Ministry Ram Prasad Thapaliya raised concerns over such trend among Nepali youth population.

In his address at a programme held in Kathmandu to mark the day, Ram Prasad said such a massive departure of the economically-active population to foreign lands impacted development of the country.

Meanwhile, Nepali Commerce Minister Min Bahadur Bishwokarma pitched on the need for organising more number of youth-related programmes in the country to retain youth from leaving the country. He also pointed out at lack of political stability over the issue.

UN Concerned Over Nepali Youth

The United Nations, in its report released in July 2017, also pointed at weak infrastructure and developmental support for youth population in Nepal. In this regard, UN urged the Government of Nepal to invest in youth for country’s overall development.

Nepal should invest in education, skill development, empowerment and employment to get benefited from the demographic dividend, says the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Referring to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which reported that 32.8 percent of Nepalese comprised of adolescents and youths in 2011 and the proportion will remain above 25 percent until 2031, the UN report noted that this group of young population will add to the economic development of the country if provided with proper learning and work opportunities.

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