Kathmandu, 18 June 2010 - UNIC Kathmandu travelled through a dirt road for three hours to reach to the top of a mountain in Timal at a height of 2100 meter above sea level in a village called Pokhari Maisthan in Sindhupalchowk district, 75 kms from capital Kathmandu to meet with some 200 women. The purpose was to distribute UN publications to women representatives of 30 wards who had come from 7 villages walking several hours.

Kathmandu, 27 May: UNIC, Kathmandu celebrated International Observance of the Day of Vesak on 27 May 2010 in the UN Conference Hall in association with the International Institute of Buddhist Studies Nepal. The function was addressed by the UN Resident Coordinator and UNIC Director Mr. Robert Piper, Chairperson of the International Institute of Buddhist Studies Nepal Mr. Prem Lal Chitrakar and leading Nepalese Monks and Nuns.

KATHMANDU, 29 April – As temperatures rise and water sources dry up, reports of waterborne illnesses and even deaths are again on the rise in the mid- and far western regions. Following last year’s outbreak that claimed 369 lives, the United Nations and its partners are watching the situation carefully.

19 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the deal on climate change reached by world leaders at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen, calling it an "essential beginning" that contains progress on all key fronts, but adding that work must now focus on turning the deal into a legally binding treaty. -

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.