NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
meeting, and the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of South Korea, as
the host institution for the next annual meeting, were also elected unanimously to the two
positions of Deputy Chairpersons. The member nations of this Forum are the National
Human Rights Organizations of Nepal along with Afghanistan, Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Palestine, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and
Thailand. An interim report on the subject of terrorism and rule of law was presented by
the Advisory Council of Jurists at the program. NGOs presented working papers on four
different issues. Commissioners of the NHRC Dr. Gouri Shanker Lal Das, Mr. Sushil Pyakurel
and Mr. Mathema of the National Rapporteur Office against Women Trafficking shed light
on the various activities conducted by the Commission and on the present situation of the
conflict. The Forum welcomed the participation of the Advisory Council of Jurists and the
representatives, as observers, from the ILO, UNDP and UNESCO, the governments of
Australia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Solomon Islands,Thailand,
East Timor, United Kingdom and the United States of America, institutions from Iran, Jordan
and the Maldives, the regional network of National Human Rights Institutions of the Americas,
and 38 international, regional and national NGOs.
5.2.4. Representation on International Coordination Committee Related
with Human Rights
Nepal has been appointed for the International Coordination Committee on human rights
by the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) which it had been representing since last two years. The
Commission had also represented itself in the annual meeting held this April.
5.2.5. 59th Meeting of OHCHR
The chairman of the Commission addressed on the 59th meeting of OHCHR.
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