National Assembly Chair Dahal leaves for Geneva

Kathmandu, October 12 — A nine-member Nepali parliamentary delegation, led by National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal, has left here for Geneva, Switzerland today to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s 149th Assembly.

The Chairman of the upper house of the Federal Parliament is scheduled to make a statement in the IPU Assembly on the theme of 'Harnessing science, technology, and innovation for a more peaceful and sustainable future', on behalf of Nepal, the Federal Parliament Secretariat stated.

The NA Chair is scheduled to hold meetings with the delegations from various countries and with officials of the IPU and the IPU Secretariat on the sidelines of the Assembly.

Lawmakers Sunita Baral and Nisha Dangi are in the delegation. The IPU 149th Assembly will be held on October 13-17.

National Assembly lawmakers Taraman Swanr and Krishna Prasad Paudel, and Federal Parliament's Secretary-General Padma Prasad Pandeya among other officers are also in the Nepali delegation.

Chairman Dahal-led delegation will return home on October 19.