Press Release

H.E. (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade is in New York, leading the Royal Government of Bhutan’s delegation to the High-Level Week of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which takes place from 19 – 26 September 2023. The delegation includes the ...

On behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Mr. Phuntsho Norbu, Chargé d’affaires, a.i. at the Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations in New York handed over the original Instrument of Ratification of Bhutan’s accession to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to ...

His Excellency (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, led a seven-member delegation to New York to attend the High-level Week of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from 17th – 28th September 2022. Bhutan’s delegation was supplemented by the Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the ...

Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, arrived in New York this morning to participate in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Hon’ble Foreign Minister will lead Bhutan’s delegation for the High Level Week of the 77th session, from 19-26th September 2022. The theme of the general ...

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.