KATHMANDU Herren Adidas Human Race NMD HU Trail China Exclusive Rot Weiß Schweiz , Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, on Friday, welcomed the holding of the third phase of the local elections in Nepal which was concluded earlier this week.
In a statement, the UN secretary-general has congratulated the Nepali people for the peaceful conduct of the final round of local polls.
"This marks a crucial step in the transition towards federalism as enshrined in the 2015 Constitution Herren Adidas NMD Racer PK Urban Racing Schwarz Rosa Schweiz , and will be followed by elections to State Assemblies and the Federal Parliament," UN Secretary-General's Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in the statement on behalf of the secretary-general.
The secretary-general also encouraged the government of Nepal and political parties to continue their efforts towards ensuring peaceful and inclusive upcoming elections.
Guterres encouraged all stakeholders to continue the implementation of the Constitution in line with its principles of inclusion and representative governance.
"The United Nations stands ready to support such efforts," the statement added.
Tens of thousands of people took part in the local polls in the final round of local elections held in 136 local units of eight districts of province 2 in the Terai region of Nepal bordering India on Monday.
Earlier first round of such polls were held on May 14 and second round on June 28.
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ISLAMABAD, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday handed over 330 pieces of office equipment including laptops, computers, scanners adidas eqt support schweiz , printers and projectors to Pakistan's parliament.
The handover ceremony was held at the premises of the parliament in the capital Islamabad. Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong and Pakistani Senate Secretary Amjed Pervez Malik signed a handover document on behalf of their respective sides.
Pakistani Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani expressed gratitude for China's donation at the ceremony attended also by senators, parliamentarians and other high officials.
Rabbani said the donation will help improve the working conditions of the Pakistani parliament, highlighting the friendship and exchanges between the two countries and two peoples.
The Chinese ambassador said enhancing bilateral exchanges is of great importance to deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation, especially to promote the bilateral policy coordination and people-to-people exchanges.
Sun expressed the hope that the two sides continue making joint efforts to push for the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor so as to better benefit the people of the two countries.
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