NEPAL RATIFIES SAARC CONVENTIONS

UNCLAS KATHMANDU 002445 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SA/INS, SA/RA AND G/TIP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG NP SUBJECT: NEPAL RATIFIES SAARC CONVENTIONS REF: A. KATHMANDU 2416 ¶B. STATE 201863 ¶1. On October 31, Nepal ratified two SAARC Conventions: SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution; and SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia. Ref A had reported Nepal had committed to ratify the Trafficking Convention; Shyam Sundar Sharma, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social SIPDIS Welfare confirmed that Nepal had ratified both before the November 11-13 SAARC Convention in Dhaka. MORIARTY