Nepal has laid stress on the need to hold more talks and share experiences and best practices regionally and globally to protect the rights of migrant workers.

Delivering a speech on High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday, Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa also brought into light the plight of low-skilled workers and emphasised that they should feature more prominently in ensuring general welfare and basic rights of most vulnerable segments of the migrants, regardless of their status. Thapa is now in New York to attend sessions of 68th annual session of the UN General Assembly.

According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN, he further noted that strengthening partnerships and cooperation on international migration would be an effective mechanism to integrate migration into development policies and promote coherence at all levels. He called for coherent approaches based on fundamental human rights, international labour conventions and understanding reached through dialogues and consultations as useful ways to foster a globally inclusive and sustainable society.

Published on: 6 October 2013 | The Himalayan Times