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The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and was developed to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance to take advantage of windows of opportunity to build democracy and peace.
Launches emergency response and reconstruction activities in South Asia following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with operations in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. [9] Acted opens a coordination office in Jordan to support its operations in the Middle East. [10] The NGO responds to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan. [11] 2006
USAID was subsequently established by the executive order of President John F. Kennedy, who sought to unite several existing foreign assistance organizations and programs under one agency. [4] USAID became the first U.S. foreign assistance organization whose primary focus was long-term socioeconomic development.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Nepal. At present, the capital of Kathmandu hosts 25 embassies. Many other countries have non-resident embassies either resident in New Delhi or elsewhere.(Including honorary consulates).
The Peace Corps temporarily suspended its operations in Nepal in 2004 due to increasing security concerns and officially terminated its Nepal program in 2006. Ambassador Randy W. Berry was appointed to Nepal on October 25, 2018. He replaces Alaina B. Teplitz, who is now the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
“The Red Suitcase,” which world premieres in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons strand, is a rare Nepal-Sri Lanka co-production. The producers have released a first clip from the film. The ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Nepal, excluding honorary consulates. [1] Nepal 's first semblance of a diplomatic network started in the reign of King Prithivi Narayan Shah , when in 1769 he established a foreign office called Jaishi Kotha .
Nepal–Sri Lanka relations refers to foreign relations between Nepal and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] They are both members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Nepal–Sri Lanka relations were officially established on 1 July 1957 ...