All-party consensus reached on post-disaster panel, UN climate advocacy
Summary
All-party leaders in Kathmandu agreed to seek a special parliamentary committee on disaster risk reduction and management after the Bhotekoshi floods. They also urged Prime Minister Balendra Shah to raise Himalayan climate impacts and loss-and-damage compensation at the UN General Assembly.
Key Points
- All-party leaders met in Singha Durbar and agreed to request the House speaker to form a Special Parliamentary Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
- The proposed panel will focus on reconstruction, preparedness, early warning systems, climate diplomacy and legal reforms after the Bhotekoshi disaster.
- The meeting also decided to keep a cross-party high-level political mechanism led by Rabi Lamichhane to sustain coordination on reconstruction and disaster management.
- Leaders asked Prime Minister Balendra Shah to highlight climate impacts in the Himalayas and pursue loss-and-damage compensation at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
