Chairperson of Interim Election Council (IEC) Khil Raj Regmi left Kathmandu for New York of USA to attend the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday. The IEC chair is leading the Nepali delegation to UN assembly.

Accompanied by his wife Shanta Regmi and personal aide, Regmi left for New York at around 9:00 pm on Thursday night.

Regmi is scheduled to address the UNGA on September 28 and attend other high-level parleys including possible separate meetings with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his six-day New York visit.

Members of the Nepali delegation – Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa, Chief of UN Division at the Ministry Deepak Dhital and Joint-Secretary at the Divisio, Bishnu Gautam are already in New York, according to the Foreign Ministry. Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations and other officials of the Permanent Mission will join the delegation in New York.

Regmi will return home on October 1. Nepalnews.com