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SAWTEE Launches Centre for Sustainable Development

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August 7: In order to promote sustainable development, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) launched SAWTEE Centre for Sustainable Development, in Kathmandu on August 6.

SAWTEE said in a statement that the centre will initially focus on economic transformation in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

According to SAWTEE, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, Gyan Chandra Acharya, will be leading the centre.

Launching the centre, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali said that Nepal has already internalized the SDGs in its policies and programmes and is working towards integrating them at local levels, which will necessitate support from all stakeholders—domestic and international.

During the event, former foreign minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said that although Nepal’s constitution envisages sustainable and inclusive development, the goals could be obtained only through rule-based implementation of these laws and rights.

He added that the private sector should lead the growth while the government should undertake equitable distribution.

The centre will bring together politics, policies and expertise devoid of ideological content and material interest while fully adhering to scientific approach and ensuring non-partisan research, pointed out Dr Posh Raj Pandey, chairman of SAWTEE, during the event.

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