Nepal's permanent representative for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambika Luitel has spoken of the need to implement appropriate programs for mitigating the adverse effects of global warming on Nepal's Himalayas.
Addressing the 39th general meeting of UNESCO in Paris, the capital of France, on Thursday, she stressed on adopting measures to prevent global warming.
Luitel stated that global warming has not only affected the mountain region of Nepal but also caused damage to the biodiversity of the entire South Asia, talking about the utility of international hydrological science in mitigating global warming. She also shed light on the importance of biosphere and the human race.
Luitel, who is also Nepal's ambassador to France, said the establishment of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development is a foundation to combating global warming and climate change, and ecosystem conservation.
She further said on the occasion that reconstruction and rehabilitation of the cultural heritage damaged by the earthquake was going on.
Heads of State or of governments and ministers from UNESCO's 195 member nations are taking part in the general assembly that began on Monday, the Embassy of Nepal, Paris stated in a press release Friday.
