Please find attached a Note Verbale dated 6 July 2016 concerning the following senior-level posts at ESCAP, with an application deadline of 20 July 2016. Director, Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), D1 Senior Adviser, Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster ...

The  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs  would  like  to  inform  the  general  public  that  the Immigration  and  Checkpoint  Authority   of  Singapore   have  introduced  the   new BioScreen System from April 2016. Read More

HIGH LEVEL INTER AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES A High Level Inter  Agency Task Force under  Chairmanship of Hon’ble  Foreign  Minister has been established to study and undertake preparations for ratification of the UN Convention  on the Rights of Persons  with ...

Kutshab  Pema  Choden  presented  her  Letters  of  Credence  to  H.E.  Mr.  Ahmet Uzumcu, Director-General of the Organization  for the Prohibition of Chemical  Weapons (OPCW) in Hague on Wednesday 6th July 2016 accrediting  her as the Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the OPCW. Read More

Ambassador Pema Choden  presented  her Letters  of Credence to Mr. Donald  Tusk,  President of the European  Council  accrediting her  as Ambassador of  the  Kingdom  of  Bhutan  to the European  Union on 1st July 2016. Read More

Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, met H.E. Ms. Linus von Castelmur, Ambassador of Switzerland to Bhutan, on 29 June 2016. Mr. Castelmur is on his farewell visit to Bhutan. He became the Ambassador of Switzerland to Bhutan in April 2013.

At the invitation of His Majesty the King of Bhutan, H. E. Mr.  Abdul Hamid, President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will arrive in the country on 1st July 2016 on a four day State visit to Bhutan. This is a first visit to Bhutan by the President of ...

Farewell call on Hon’ble Foreign Minister by Ms. Shaheen Nilofer, UNICEF Representative for Bhutan

Ambassador Kinga Singye presented his credentials to the President of the Swiss Confederation On 23rd June 2016, Ambassador Kinga Singye presented his credentials to the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Mr. Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, at the Federal Palace in Bern accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of ...

Official one-word Alternative for the Czech Republic The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to inform the general public that the Government of the Czech Republic has adopted the term “Czechia” as an official one-word alternative for the Czech Republic.