Press Release

H. E. Ambassador Doma Tshering, Permanent Representative of Bhutan, paid respects on behalf of the Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations and signed the official Condolence Book for HM Queen Elizabeth II. Her Excellency conveyed the profound sympathies of the Royal Government and people of Bhutan on the ...

Coinciding with the 57th Raising Day of the Royal Bhutan Police, the Permanent Mission of Bhutan was pleased to welcome Chief of Police Major General Chimi Dorji, who leads Bhutan’s delegation for the third United Nations Chief of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2022). Bhutan is a proud contributor to the United ...

The King’s Scholarships of Bhutan at Cornell University were established today through an exchange of letters between Her Excellency Ambassador Doma Tshering, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations, on behalf of the Royal Civil Service Commission, and Mr. Jonathan Burdick, Vice Provost of Enrollment and ...

Permanent Representative Ambassador Doma Tshering attended the NASA Develop End-of-Summer Bhutan Presentation, held virtually on 12 August 2022. The Presentation was on the project, “Bhutan Agriculture II: Assessing and Developing Focal Crop Masks and Creating Data Collection Protocols using Remotely Sensed Data in Bhutan,” which was undertaken by four Bhutanese ...

Permanent Representative Ambassador Doma Tshering welcomed Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, the newly accredited Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York. Ambassador Kamboj assumed her current post on 2 August 2022. Prior to this, Ambassador Kamboj served as the Ambassador of India to Bhutan, beginning in 2019.

Bhutan co-sponsored the Resolution A/RES/76/300 on “The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” adopted by the United Nations General Assembly today. The Resolution was initiated by Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Permanent Representative Ambassador Doma Tshering signed an MOU with the Under-Secretary General for United Nations Operational Support, Mr. Atul Khare, on Bhutan’s contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In keeping with His Majesty the King’s vision, this marks Bhutan’s first deployment of ...

The Permanent Representative Ambassador Doma Tshering met with Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), a role she assumed since 13 September 2018. Ms. Alishjahbana and Ambassador Doma Tshering discussed Bhutan’s ...

H.E. Ambassador Doma Tshering, Ambassador and Permanent Representative and Mr. Jigme Norbu, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations attended the Fortieth Assembly of Parties (AP-40) of International Telecommunication and Satellite Organization (ITSO) from 28-30 June 2022 in Washington DC.

  24 June 2022 marks the first International Day of Women in Diplomacy.  On this day, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan pays tribute to pioneers. Ashi Tashi Dorji led Bhutan’s delegation to the Colombo Plan in 1962, securing Bhutan’s first membership in an Intergovernmental Organisation.