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Nov. 27. 2020 | 1 NEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov NEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov. 27. 2020 | 1 NEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov. 27. 2020 | 2 NEW SPOTLIGHTFORTNIGHTLY Notes From The Editor Vol.:Vol.: 14, 13, No.-07, No.-11, November-27, January- 24, 2020 2020 (Mangsir(Magh. 10.2076) 12. 2077) Price: Price NRs. NRs.100 100 Requesting Indian government to lift the restriction Editor and Publisher put on palm oil export, Nepal government has shown its Looking at the flock of the people standing at border Keshab Poudel weakness to traders who have been thriving and making pointsprofits of through Nepal theand misuseIndia inof trade far-western agreement’s and loopholes. western Contributor regions,Instead anyoneof restricting can seethis the kind pathetic of short situation term business, of the Sabine Pretsch countrythis request and willpossible boost theeconomic morale of catastrophe traders and businessin the region.community However, who hasNepal’s hardly political shown interestleaders, in who sustained have Design/Layout beenand inlong-term a power industrialization struggle, seem of toNepal. have With ignored this kindthe Sahil Mokthan, 9863022025 plightof backing, of the traderspeople, often maintaining misused theimposition preferential of treatfree- ments time and again to make individual gains. 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Ltd., Dhapasi, Kathmandu Tel. : 977-1-4363624 Keshab Poudel Editor NEWNEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov.Jan. 27. 24. 2020 2020 | 1 1 CONTENT BANDANA RANA’S RE-ELECTION Nepal’s Success 3 NEWSNOTES 4 BUSINESS BRIEF 6 VIEWPOINT Dr. Tilak Rawal 8 NEPAL-INDIA COVERSTORY: NEPALESE MIGRANT WORKERS: Rush To India 23 High-level Exchange 10 GLOBAL VIEW Abijit Sharma 17 TANAHUN HYDRO PROJECT Work Despite Holidays 18 ENVIRONMENT Batu Uprety 20 NEPAL-INDIA Railway Connection 29 BATTLE IN NCP: Routine Emergency 14 OPINION Sambridh Ghimire 30 ADB Support To Airports 33 ARITICLE Pratik Poudel 34 WORLD BANK Lifting Rural Enterprise 35 ARITICLE Hemang Dixit 36 MELAMCHI TUNNEL TEST: Deadline 2021 28 NEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov. 27. 2020 | 2 BANDANA RANA’S RE-ELECTION Nepal’s Success Re-election of Bandana Rana to the CEDAW shows that Nepal’s Foreign Ministry officials have the capacity to work with the UN Forum By A CORRESPONDENT f Nepal’s Foreign Ministry mandarins Mission Chief Amrit Rai, are allowed to work, they can use their Mani Prasad Bhattarai Icaliber to make gains for the country and Ambassador / Per- – they have shown this in the last major manent Representative election in the UN. in Nepal’s Mission in With support from various coun- Geneva, played a cru- tries, Nepal has been able to get a re-elec- cial role to reelect Rana. tion as a member of United Nations Human On her Face- Rights Commission. Last month, mobiliz- book wall, Rana ac- ing diplomatic missions, particularly Ne- knowledged the im- pal’s UN Mission, Nepal has been able portant role played by to reelect Bandana Rana as a member of Nepal’s Foreign Ministry, the Committee on the Elimination of Dis- its officials and missions. crimination Against Women (CEDAW). “I am so very Australia, Mexico, Lebanon, France, As per the UN Convention, humbled with the trust and confidence Philippines and China were also elected. every individual needs nomination from the placed on me by the 137 countries who Currently the Vice-chair of member country to take part in any election voted for me. I pledge to work with even the CEDAW Committee, Ms. Rana is in UN and the vote pattern will also depend more conviction to address discrimina- the first Nepali national serving in the upon the country’s performance along tion against women globally. I am pro- Committee. She has over three-decade- with individual candidate’s personality. foundly grateful to the Government of long experience of working in the field Having worked for several years Nepal, Minister Pradeep Gyawali, the of gender equality and women’s rights. on women’s agenda globally, Bandana MOFA team, NY Mission, Geneva Mis- Following the election, the Rana has her own international contacts. sion, Delhi Embassy and all other Nepali Leader of the Nepali delegation to the However, Nepal has also improved its po- embassies for their invaluable and tireless 21st Meeting of the States Parties to the sition in UN and global diplomacy recently. efforts! Sincere gratitude to all. Collective- Convention Ambassador Amrit Bahadur Winning the second term in a ly we made it,” Rana wrote on Facebook. Rai stated that Rana’s re-election was a global organization like United Nations Nepal’s candidate Ms. Bandana recognition of her proven expertise and in a competitive election is not easy. With Rana has been re-elected to the Commit- experience. This is also an acknowledg- strong backing of Ministry of Foreign Af- tee on the Elimination of Discrimination ment by the international community of fairs and Nepalese UN Mission, Nepalese Against Women (CEDAW) for the second Nepal’s sincere efforts in implementing candidate Bandana Rana has made it for sec- term in the elections held during the 21st the Convention and its Optional Pro- ond term, securing a wider margin of vote. Meeting of the States Parties to the Con- tocol as well as an appreciation of the Her victory is not only personal vention on Elimination of All Forms of Dis- achievements we have made in the pro- but also a victory of Nepal government’s crimination Against Women in New York. motion of women’s rights in particular stand and commitment as well. With her What a coincidence, Prime Min- and human rights in general, he said. capacity for articulation, Rana strongly ister K.P Sharma Oli-led government is in Ambassador Rai also thanked put Nepal’s progress in a global forum power in both her nominations. RPP leader all States Parties for their contin- to become a cause to win the elections. Kamal Thapa was the foreign minister to ued trust and confidence in Nepal’s Nepal government backed back her candidacy for the first tenure and candidate Ms. Rana’s capabilities. her candidacy and used all its goodwill Nepal Communist Party leader Pradeep With so many diversities and to gain support for her while Rana’s in- Gyawali is the foreign minister now. differences, blocks and groups, contest- dividual capability, as well as her mod- She obtained 137 votes, the ing and winning elections require a lot est approach contributed to the success. third-highest among 19 candidates con- of effort, support and personal quali- Under the leadership of For- testing the election. She was one of the ty. Having been a founder member of eign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, chief eleven candidates elected for the term some of the best organizations back secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, foreign of 2021-2024. Experts from the Neth- home in Nepal and worked in a tangible secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and UN erlands, Bahamas, Lithuania, Ghana, way with diverse groups, Rana knows the art of living and working together. NEW SPOTLIGHT | Nov. 27. 2020 | 3 NEWSNOTES Zonta Club Kathmandu Supports Durbar School UNFPA, UK Government Hand Over IT Equipment To CBS Online Learning The United Nations Population Fund (UNF- Zonta Club Kathmandu has support- PA) has handed over IT equipment to the Central Bureau ed Durbar School for online learning and educa- of Statistics (CBS), as it ramps up its preparations for the tion by distributing mobile devices and laptops.
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