Kathmandu: Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs is leaving for Geneva to participate in the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council today evening.

Gyawali and his delegation will attend the inaugural session of the Council on 25th February. He will address the Council on the 26th of February. The foreign minister will have a bilateral meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet On the 27th February.

During his visit, Foreign Minister Gyawali will also have a bilateral meetings with his counterparts from different friendly countries as well as heads of the UN agencies based in Geneva. He will also visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva.

Minister Gyawali is scheduled to have an interaction with Non-Resident Nepali Association and Nepali community leaders there.

The delegation comprises of the Chairman of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives and senior officials from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nepal is a member of the UN Human Rights Council. Minister Gyanwali is scheduled to return home on the 28th of February.