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Dr. Rinchen Chophel was elected as a member of the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for the term 2021-2025 at the election held during the 18th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child at UN Headquarters in New York ...

Virtual launch of the second phase of the RuPay Card by H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, and H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, and H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bhutan, will jointly e-launch ...

His Majesty The King conferred Dakyen to the Zhung Drongyer (Chief of Protocol) today, at the Tashichhodzong. Mr. Ugyen Gonphel was appointed as the Zhung Drongyer, by His Majesty The King, on 6 May 2020. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Gonphel served as the Dy. Chief of Protocol in the ...

Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck has been awarded as the individual laureate for the 2020 UN Population Award in recognition of Her Majesty the Gyalyum’s outstanding contribution to raising awareness and devising solutions to population and reproductive health issues. The UN Population Award is the most prestigious award in ...

H.E. Mr. Tenzin R. Wangchuk presented his credentials virtually to H.E. Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development on 9th November 2020, followed by a bilateral meeting

On behalf of the Federal Government of Switzerland and the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi in India, the Honorary Consul of Switzerland to Bhutan, Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji, handed over 3500 RT-PCR and 5000 Lab based Antibody test kits to the Health Secretary today. Upon the request of the Royal Government ...

A four-day online workshop, from November 2-5 2020, on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation conducted by UNITAR concluded yesterday. Initially, as a start of collaboration between the UNITAR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), UNITAR offered to send their experts to Thimphu to conduct a three-day workshop for the ...

India, the Neighborhood and Beyond, by Her Excellency Mrs. Ruchira Kamboj, Ambassador of India to Bhutan As part of the Lecture Series of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), H.E. Mrs. Ruchira Kamboj, Ambassador of India to Bhutan, gave a talk on the subject, ‘India, the Neighborhood and Beyond’ on ...

  The Fourth High Impact Community Development Project/Small Development Project Committee Meeting of the 12th FYP between RGoB and GoI held in Thimphu on 29th October 2020 The 4th  Bhutan–India High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP)/Small Development Project Committee (SDPC) Meeting between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and the ...

Bhutan observed the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations on 24 October 2020 with prayers and the lighting of a thousand butter lamps at Tara Lha-den Zhingkham temple, Pangrizampa. UN Day marks the day on which the UN Charter entered into force in 1945. The Hon’ble Speaker ...