Government Dismisses 15 Honorary Consuls, Approves ILO Conventions

Kathmandu. The government has decided to dismiss 15 Nepali honorary consuls and counselors working in various countries. The Council of Ministers meeting held on Friday decided to recall and dismiss these honorary envoys stationed abroad.

According to government spokesperson Sasmita Pokharel, the meeting also decided to request President Ram Chandra Paudel to address both houses of the Federal Parliament in a joint session on Monday, Baishakh 28.

Government spokesperson Pokharel informed that the government has also called for the mandatory presence of the members of both houses of the Federal Parliament during the address. 'It has been decided that the honorable President will address the joint session of both houses of the Federal Parliament on Monday, Baishakh 28, 2083, and the honorable members of the Federal Parliament will be called for attendance,' said spokesperson Pokharel.

Similarly, the Council of Ministers meeting has approved the submission of important international conventions related to labor to the Federal Parliament for ratification. The meeting approved the submission of the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 of the International Labour Organization, Protocol No. 29 (P029), and the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) of the Non-Aligned Labour Organization to the parliament for ratification.

Government spokesperson Pokharel clarified that the government has decided to advance these conventions for international labor standards and the abolition of forced labor.