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.
In a diplomatic setback to the Taliban yearning for international recognition for its three and a half-month-old regime in Kabul, the deadlocked UN credentials committee failed to act on the Islamic group's request to recognize its representative, giving the permanent representative of the previous democratically-elected government of Afghanistan Ghulam Isaczai a temporary reprieve
Pakistani military engineers serving the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have deployed heavy equipment and water pumps to help hundreds of thousands of people in Unity state whose lives have been disrupted by the worst flooding in 60 years, according to a report in The Express Tribune
The United Nations will provide continuous support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue, said United Nations Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo on Tuesday during her meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views completely banning citizens of certain countries from travel as a form of “collective punishment” and nations should instead use scientific methods to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric
India on Friday pushed strongly for reformed multilateralism, saying reform of the United Nations is being blocked using a smokescreen of consensus and thereby denying the international community of its democratic rights
Officials from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will visit Sri Lanka in January next year, Foreign Minister G.L Peiris informed parliament
United Nations in Afghanistan has urged everyone to take concrete actions to end violence against women on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW)
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted the resolution for the graduation of Bangladesh and Nepal in South Asia from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category
At an open debate at UN Security Council, India committed to implementing its international obligations regarding illicit trade in small arms
Urgent actions are required to prop up Afghanistan’s banks, a United Nations agency said, warning that a spike in loan defaults, lower deposits, and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months
UNICEF Afghanistan on Saturday closed its digital channels and went dark to reflect the challenges that Afghan children have been facing, said the UN body, adding the United Nations Children Fund will not celebrate the World Children’s Day in the Taliban-captured South-Asian nation this year
People in Afghanistan. victims of decades of civil strife, food shortages and economic collapse, may become victims of extreme poverty by mid-2022, the International Organisation for Migration- UN Migration (IOM) said in a statement
Bangladesh has praised the United Nations which recently passed a unanimous resolution on the situation of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar, saying the move will have a "political" impact and "pressure" the Myanmar authority to take corrective measures
The Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group (ISKP) is now expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, with the Taliban - under UN sanctions for terrorism - being unable to stop it, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said on Wednesday
India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for its “false and malicious propaganda” against it by using the UN platform and said any meaningful dialogue with Islamabad can take place only in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence
