Kathmandu, April 6: National Assembly member Dr Anjan Shakya has been elected to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Standing Committee on Sustainable Development.
She was elected representing Nepal from the Asia-Pacific region in the IPU’s 150th assembly held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Speaker Devraj Ghimire is leading the Nepali delegation to the assembly that began on April 5 and will continue until April 9.
Shakya defeated candidates from the Maldives and Iran to become the first ever MP to be elected to the Committee from Nepal.
In her comments following the victory, MP Shakya said that she felt that with her victory it has also helped to enhance Nepal’s prestige on the international stage. MP Shakya is a member of the Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly and the coordinator of the Sustainable Development Sub-Committee of the same committee.
The IPU Committee on Sustainable Development works to improve the lives and well-being of the world’s citizens and the planet. It does this through the issues of fair trade, protection of the environment, financing for development and other questions that impact on the way our world evolves, says the IPU in its official website.
