UNFPA Executive Director in Nepal visit

Kathmandu, Oct. 20: Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Dr. Natalia Kanem, has arrived on her first official visit in a bid to intensify the implementation of population and development promises.

It is her first visit since her appointment two years ago. The high-level two-day UNFPA visit is to recognize the significant achievements by Nepal in relation to the Cairo vision and the commitment of the government to its full implementation by 2030; and to invite the government at the highest level to participate in the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, which will be held on 12-14 November, as a champion of reproductive rights.