"… closure of its remaining field offices of Nepalgunj and Biratnagar will be completed by the end of this month," Chun Bahadur Gurung, public information officer at OHCHR-N told Republica. [break]
The UN rights body is wrapping its field offices as per its memorandum of understanding signed with the government in June 2010.
When asked about how the OHCHR-N plans to monitor human rights situations in the filed following the packing up the offices, Gurung said, As provided for in the agreement, the office will continue its operations across the country with Kathmandu-based human rights staff focusing on the promotion of accountability and non-discrimination.
Such activities will include ongoing collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), other national institutions and civil society organizations to strengthen the national human rights protection mechanism, Gurung further said.
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