Randy Berry has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to Nepal on October 5, 2018. The American Ambassador has worked with Nepal in the past. He served as the US Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Nepal between 2007-2009.

“I am very happy to be back in Nepal in a new role. I look forward to further strengthening the Nepal-America friendship and I hope our diplomatic engagements will promote continued partnership and cooperation between our two countries,” said Berry in a statement issued by US Embassy on October 25, 2018.

About Randy Berry
Berry has been serving the US as a diplomat since 1993. He is a career diplomat and a member of the Senior Foreign Service as Minister-Counselor.

He has been representing US as a diplomat for more than 20 years.

Prior to his posting as US Ambassador to Nepal, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor in Washington, DC.

The new US Ambassador will be replacing ex-US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B Teplitz, who will now serve in Sri Lanka. She served Nepal as US Ambassador from March 26, 2015 to present.

NS congratulates Berry on his appointment and wishes him luck for his new role as US Ambassador to Nepal!

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Nepal was defeated 2-1 by Pakistan in the Group ‘A’ match held in Bangabandhu Stadium. Mohammed Ali’s 96^th minute shot landed Pakistan to its victory.

Pakistan was in an advantageous position after it won a penalty kick. Nepali skipper Biraj Maharjan had fouled the opponents in the D-block area leading to Pakistan’s breakthrough.

Winning this opportunity, Hasan Bashir of Pakistan gave the team its first goal. However, Nepal didn’t stay far behind.

In the 86^th minute of the game, it equaled the opponent with a goal made by Bimal Gharti Magar. Unfortunately, the course of the match took the game in favor of Pakistan, leaving Nepal holding its single-goal.

Despite this, Nepal has a long way to go as it is also pitted with Bangladesh and Bhutan. Nepal will play its next match against Bhutan on September 6, 2018 and its final match with Bangladesh on September 8, 2018.

The SAFF Championship will continue till September 15, 2018.
We hope that Nepal brings home a trophy from this championship. Its performance at the ASIAD 2018 was not fruitful and hence all eyes are hopeful for SAFF Championship.

All the Best Nepal!

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Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens along with representatives of various organizations conducted a morning procession to mark the significance of this day.

Nepal Police, Rights Activists and citizens participated in the rally that passed through Bhadrakali, Sahid Gate, Naya Sadak, Ratna Park and ended at the Rastriya Sabha Griha.

Authorities Speak:
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Thama Maya Thapa addressed the gathering and said that trafficking persons was a serious crime.

Thapa pitched for people’s support to gradually eliminate this menace and extended the Ministry’s support to organizations fighting against human trafficking.

President of Media Mobilization for Sustainable Development Neha Sharma said that the problem will not be solved until the huge racket of human trafficking was disrupted. She also emphasized on increasing public awareness to counter this problem.

Speakers like President of Biswas Nepal Tara Bhandari and Representatives of Change Nepal Barsha Luintel stressed on the introduction of stringent laws and punishment for individuals involved in the crime.

The procession was led by a Nepali police band playing cultural music from Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu.

Statistics for Human Trafficking in Nepal:

• Nepali girls are trafficked to Middle East countries and Asian countries
• Most of them are sold to brothels, forced into labor or marriage and suffer organ removal
• UNICEF data shows that 12,000 children are trafficked from Nepal to India every year
• This crime is rampant between the regions because of the easy passage between the two countries, lack of surveillance infrastructure and stringent authentication procedures
• The percentage of girls trafficked into India increased by 500% over the past 5 years
• Close to 210 Nepali women and children were rescued in the last three years from Jhulaghat in Nepal
• Maiti Nepal is the regulatory body for human trafficking in Nepal and has saved 39,964 girls/women from being trafficked to other countries

Also Read: Human Trafficking in Nepal – Relentless Fight for Rights Continues!

Conclusion:
Initiatives such as these are important as they help in curbing human trafficking and involve the participation of more and more people in the cause.

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Case at Hand:
Currently, the Nepal Government is ‘only’ keeping a track of the number of migrants flying abroad. However, it does not keep track of information on individual migrants.

According to the existing government data, over five million migrant workers are working in foreign destinations. Most of these workers go through labor re-entry process, making it difficult for authorities to keep a track of the exact data.

“Due to lack of authentic data, we have been facing problems at times when government wants to formulate any policy related to migrant workers,” says Prakash Dahal, Spokesperson, Nepal Ministry of Labor Employment Social Security (MoLESS).

MoLESS Approach:
To address this situation, the Ministry says that it is gathering all information and gearing up to launch an integrated system from September 10, 2018.

“We are going to launch the system to avoid the mismatch in data related to foreign migrant workers and other related information,” adds Raju Shrestha, Senior System Engineer, MoLESS.

As per MoLESS, the new integrated system will have a software that can be accessed by all concerned bodies including MOLESS, Department of Passport, Department of Immigration, Department of Consular Services, government agencies, international Nepal embassies, diplomatic missions and manpower companies.

“When system is launched, the employer and other related offices will just have to provide migrant’s passport number and all details will be displayed on the website, which will help the respective organizations in any other future works related to the migrant workers,” informed Shrestha.

Although, each entity will be get restricted access specific to the requirement.

What will the System Include?
The system will include the following:

• Information related to the visa approval process
• Details of manpower agencies
• Information on salaries of migrant workers
• Details of employers and migrants
• Labor contract of manpower countries
• Medical reports, air tickets, information on airlines including schedule of arrival and exit
• Reports on knowledge and skills required by returnee migrant workers

“When we start collecting data of migrant workers as per new system, we will be able to ascertain their knowledge, experience and efficiency of their work to help promote self-employment in the country,” said Dahal.

Conclusion:
We hope that the new system will be effective in addressing the many concerns surrounding migrant workers and moreover assist the government in creating some really benefiting migrant policies.

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