Climate change poses threat to future of humanity: Minister Gyawali NEW YORK:At the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali talked about how perils of climate change are outpacing human response and the threat is truly existential in terms of sustainability of the planet and the future of humanity. Minister Gyawali stated that Nepal is one of the poorest and most vulnerable countries that are hit hardest by the impacts of climate change. “Home to Sagarmatha, also known as Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, Nepal, lies at the hotspot of climate change and faces consequences which are disproportionate, unjust and undue.” The Himalayas, as the barometer of climate change, are witnessing the melting of glaciers and drying up of the fresh water at a fast pace, the Minister informed. "This is alarming," he said, adding how climate-induced disasters wreak havoc every year and this year alone, several Nepali people lost their lives to floods and windstorm. According to Minister Gyawali, Nepal decided to convene a global dialogue in April next year under the theme of 'climate change' keeping in mind the seriousness of the issue and realization of our own responsibility. This will be the first episode of the Sagarmatha Dialogue established by Nepal to deliberate on critical issues of contemporary importance, he shared. Moreover, he viewed the adoption of the Agenda 2030 was a display of inclusive multilateralism at its best. The Agenda can be implemented if similar spirit guides our actions with a renewed sense of partnership and with all stakeholders shouldering the responsibility. In the last four years, the SDGs scorecard shows mixed progress. "In countries like Nepal, there is a big gap of resources in order to fully realise the SDGs by 2030,” Gyawali added. Foreign Minister cautioned that heightened geopolitical complexities, defunct disarmament architecture, and absence of order in cyber and outer space were endangering international peace. He also informed that Nepal supports general and complete disarmament of all weapons of mass destruction. "Nepal is in support of effective and verifiable nuclear weapons free zones," stated the Foreign Minister. Nepal’s foreign policy is guided by the five principles of peaceful coexistence, non-alignment, UN Charter, international law, and norms of world peace. ‘Amity with all, enmity with none’ has been Nepal's operational motto and we believe in an inclusive, just and fair international order, Gyawali concluded.