The Prime Minister commended the Secretary-General for convening the Climate Summit and added that the momentum generated at the summit should pave the way next year for a binding agreement on climate change with long-term and comprehensive global commitments for climate solutions based on the principles of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities, equity, and respective capabilities’.
He underlined that it is an irony that the world’s most vulnerable countries happen to be the worst victims of climate change for no fault of theirs and called for special provisions for climate financing, additional to regular ODA, for addressing the mitigation and adaptation needs of the least developed countries and small island developing states.
Calling for attention to the structural constraints, capacity gaps and pervasive and complex development challenges that LDCs face, the Prime Minister underlined the urgency for addressing the special needs of the LDCs and to support them with enhanced provision of resources for inclusive development.
The Prime Minister called for the immediate implementation of duty free and quota free market access for LDCs’ products to enable them reap benefits from the global trading system. He called upon the international community particularly donors to fulfill all the commitments made in favour of LDCs and emphasized on the timely, full and effective implementation of Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs. The Prime Minister expressed hope that Vienna Conference in November this year will be successful to develop an ambitious and result-oriented instrument to succeed the Almaty Programme of Action for LLDCs.
Informing the General Assembly about the aim of Nepal to graduate from LDC status by 2022, he added that an enhanced level of international support to build our productive capacity, improvement in supply side capacity and minimizing shocks and vulnerabilities and, above all, bringing about structural transformation will be critical to meet this target.
The Prime Minister stressed that the post-2015 development agenda only becomes truly transformative when the pressing needs and priorities of the most vulnerable and marginalized countries and societies are faithfully accommodated into the broader global agenda and are provided with sufficient resources to achieve them. He added that a holistic development process does not leave an unfinished agenda behind, so the remaining task of the MDGs should be fully incorporated in the post-2015 agenda.
The Prime Minister said Nepal unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and called for an early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism; and the effective implementation of the provisions of the UN global counter-terrorism measures.
The Prime Minister highlighted that the unwavering faith and long struggle for a democratic system of governance has given Nepal strength for mainstreaming the armed Maoist rebels into a peaceful democratic process and lead a successful transition from autocratic monarchy to democratic republican order, thereby setting unique model. He added that political parties in Nepal including the Maoists are now working together to have a democratic constitution promulgated through the elected Constituent Assembly. The Prime Minister expressed the commitment of the present government to take the parties both within and outside the Assembly on board within the framework of constitutionalism, political pluralism and the rule of law to put the country on the path of peace, stability, development and democratic system of governance. He said Nepal firmly believes in democracy’s indispensability for peace, progress, stability, and prosperity adding that peace, democracy and sustainable development are inextricably linked and mutually reinforcing. He expressed confidence that Peace, stability, and democracy in Nepal would pave way for reaping the benefits from economic dynamism in the neighbourhood and at the same time act as a stabilizing force for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world at large.
The Prime Minister quoted Late BP Koirala from his statement of the 15th UNGA in 1960, “the real solutions of the world problems, including the problem of world peace and prosperity, lies in the direction of strengthening and extending the authority of the United Nations. This authority will be strengthened and fortified if the decisions of the United Nations are respected faithfully and loyally by all powers, big and small” and stated that the need today is to be true to the letter and spirit of every decision we make for the good of humanity.
Source : Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations
