Kathmandu : Mr. David Weissbrodt, Special Rapporteur assigned for the seminar on “Promotion and Protection of Human Rights” held in Geneva ten days ago has said , “unfortunately while the government of Bhutan and Nepal have met to discuss the problem, a constructive agreement has not yet been achieved and there has been no real progress in regard to the return of 80-100,000 refugees who were “expelled”’ from Bhutan ten years ago”.

Mr. Weissbrodt further says in his statement that the Sub-Commission has called on the governments concerned to negotiate in good faith towards a peaceful solution consistent with international human rights standards; to set up an impartial verification process to verify the origin and nationality status of those who assert they are refugees, and to negotiate the voluntary return under conditions of safety and dignity of those entitled to return.

Professor Soorya Lal Amatya, who was attending the said seminar in Geneva instantly, endorsed Mr. Weissbrodt.