http://www.mfa.gov.bt Royal Government of Bhutan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:37:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dasho Bap Kesang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Maldives, presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives in Male on 04 March 2010 at a ceremony held at the President’s Office. After the ceremony, the President and ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-8.html THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BHUTAN, ADOPTED BY THE UN WORKING GROUP FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW IN DECEMBER 2009, WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA ON 18TH MARCH ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/bhutan%e2%80%99s-upr-report-to-be-considered-by-the-un-human-rights-council-in-march-2010.html H.E. Dasho Yeshey Dorji, Kutshab, Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations, Geneva presented his credentials to His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria on 11th January 2010.  Kutshab, Geneva is concurrently accredited to Vienna, Austria. Following the presentation of the credentials, Dasho Yeshey Dorji called on Dr. ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-7.html Major General Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal on 13th December, 2009. During the visit, Ambassador Namgyel also called on Prime ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-6.html The Government of the State of Kuwait has made a generous contribution of US$ 3.5 Million Dollars and the Kuwait Red Crescent Society has made a similar contribution of US$ 2 million in assistance towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation costs for damages caused by Cyclone Aila in May 2009 and ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-5.html (From Left: H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Foreign Minister of Bhutan and H.E. Mr. Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil) The Kingdom of Bhutan and the Federative Republic of Brazil, wishing to strengthen and develop friendly relations in the political, economic, cultural and other fields between them have established formal diplomatic ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/bhutan-establishes-diplomatic-relations-with-brazil.html H.E. Mr. Joseph Caron, Ambassador-designate of Canada to Bhutan, will arrive in Bhutan on 10th August 2009. He will present his credentials to His Majesty the King tomorrow at the Tashichhodzong. Mr. Caron succeeds Mr. David M. Malone who was Canada’s Ambassador to Bhutan from August 2006 to 2008. While in ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/visit-by-canada%e2%80%99s-ambassador-designate-to-bhutan.html Following the presentation of Bhutan’s 7th Periodic Report to the CEDAW Committee at the UN Headquarters in New York, H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited Washington DC from 27 to 28 July 2009 to meet with senior US lawmakers and well-wishers of Bhutan. The visit was made ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/foreign-minister-meets-with-us-lawmakers-in-washington-dc.html The Bhutanese Delegation led by Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, successfully presented its 7th Periodic Report to the Forty-fourth session of the Committee on the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 23rd July 2009. The experts of the ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/bhutan-presents-its-7th-periodic-report-to-the-cedaw-committee.html H. E. Sonam Tobden Rabgye presented his credentials to His Majesty King Albert II, King of the Belgians, at Laeken Castle in Brussels on 14 July 2009. Diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Kingdom of Belgium were established on 21 January 2009. Belgium is the first country with ... http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/bhutans-ambassador-to-belgium-presents-credentials.html