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Account Of Members of European Parliamentarians (MEPs)
By KTM Metro Reporter
May 28, 2010: MEPs have visited Nepal from May 23 to May 29, 2010. During the May 23-29 visit, MEPs have held talks with members of the Constituent Assembly and its Chairman Subash Nemwang in Kathmandu according to the news posted on the website: Europarl.europa.eu. They have also met with the members of the environmental and development NGOs in Nepal.
MEPs have discussed refugee issues with Nepalese officials. They have assessed the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in the third countries as smooth, visited a Tibetan refugee-transit center and have had the opportunity of verifying whether Nepal has honored the "gentlemen’s agreement" it concluded on the refugee question with the UNHCR.
MEPs have seen the retreat of the glaciers when they visited the 19,000 feet Imja glacier by helicopter. The leader of the delegation, British Green Jean Lambert has said the "retreat of some glaciers and the growing glacial lake show some of the ecological pressures, which will increase economic pressures". She added, "we need to take rapid action on climate change to support not only Nepal but other countries in the region dependent on water fed from the Himalayas".
