Nepal’s Lok Bahadur Thapa elected president of UN Economic and Social Council

Thapa says ECOSOC must ‘deliver better’ to restore trust in multilateralism and drive global progress.

Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Lok Bahadur Thapa was elected president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Thursday, marking what he described as a ‘historic moment’ for Nepal and its commitment to multilateralism.