Pakistan has used imported solar technology to respond to immediate energy costs. Bhutan and Nepal can earn from renewable electricity. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have established export-oriented manufacturing capabilities. India is attempting to develop a broader advanced manufacturing base.
Nepal's PM proposed a "Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism, led by Nepal, India and China. Through this mechanism”, the countries could “share satellite data and expertise.” This could be a good initiative, as it would help predict disasters and prepare for them.
South Asia’s climate risks are shared across countries. Rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus do not respect national boundaries, and torrential rains in one country can lead to floods in another. Satellite data, flood forecasts and flood warnings could, therefore, be shared to enhance disaster preparedness across the region.
The disasters at Kedarnath and Nepal should therefore be read not simply as tragedies of the past or isolated episodes of extreme weather. They are warnings from a changing mountain system. The question before South Asia is whether we will continue to respond to each disaster after it occurs, or whether we will listen to what the mountains are telling us beforehand.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the United Nations Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer and the heads of UN agencies based in Colombo Monday at an event held at the Foreign Ministry to mark the 65th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s membership of the United Nations
Niranjala’s (name changed) husband started physically abusing her soon after they got married
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is going to replace its three contingents consisting of 320 members at the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)
UNESCO has launched an international award named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman following Bangladesh’s proposal
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a worldwide "state of climate emergency" to tackle global warming
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) aviation unit serving in United Nations peacekeeping duties in the Central African Republic has been recognized for their contribution to Intelligence, Surveillance and Rescue operation (ISR) following a rebel attack on a village that left more than 2000 people displaced
Praja Trevedi, former economic adviser to the Indian government, has been named the Commonwealth Secretary-General's special envoy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A resolution in the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan has called all Afghan parties to reduce and end violence in the country while supporting an “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to fight COVID-19 in a message on Human Rights Day
Nepal has presented its second nationally determined contribution (NDC) report to the UN outlining its ambitious targets for the next decade to reduce emissions and support vulnerable communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change
The instability and fear that the COVID-19 pandemic brings about is exacerbating human rights concerns around the world
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has confirmed that he will take a COVID-19 vaccine publicly when it becomes available to him
Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said COVID-19, besides the other devastation is has caused, is also threatening to steal from millions of girls their right to education, she said
Bangladesh has conveyed to the UN refugee agency that the international community has no reason to worry about relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char
Bangladesh has called upon the United Nations to delineate outer limit of Bangladesh’s continental shelf that would unleash new opportunities in the county’s pursuit of “blue economy”
