The country has mentioned that COVID-19 vaccines should not be made a subject of racism and nationalism but an accessible public good that can be easily purchased and used by all nationalities.
Nepal noted this while taking part in the ongoing 77th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) underway in Bangkok. The session is being held with the theme ‘Building back better from crises through regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’.
On the occasion, Nepal also stressed on the inevitability of shared cooperation and understanding among all the nations considering the whole world a society at a time when the entire human race is grappling with the coronavirus crisis.
National Planning Commission (NPC) Vice-Chairperson, Prof Dr Pushpa Raj Kandel, who is leading a six-member delegation, mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the Nepali economy in general and has hit trade, tourism and transport sectors really hard, shared the Bangkok-based Nepali Embassy today. He further informed the participants about the measures adopted by Nepal government in preventing the outbreak of the virus.
Noting that the multi-faceted impacts of pandemic are likely to dent the country's dream of graduating to the status of developing country from the existing status of a Least Developed Country (LDC), Kandel said Nepal has been working to protect the lives of its citizens, improve the health service system and sustain the country’s economy.
The delegation comprises NPC Secretary Kewal Prasad Bhandari, Nepali Ambassador to Thailand and Permanent Nepali Representative for UN ESCAP Ganesh Dhakal and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NPC, the embassy sources said.
