Documents

National Laws <Top>

• Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal 1990
• Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2000
• Labour Act 2048
• Trade Union Act
• An Act to Provide for Safeguarding the Interests of Children
• An Act Made to Provide for Matters Relating to Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer
• Foreign Employment Act-2042
• Local Self Governance Act 2055 (1999)
• Protection of Environment Act 2053 B.S. (1997)
• Copyright Act, 1965
• Excise Act, 1958
• Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 1992
• Industrial Enterprises Act, 1992
• Nepal Companies Act, 1991
• Patent, Design and Trademark Act 1965
• Protection of Environment Act, 1997

Bilateral Treaties and Agreements

• The Treaty of Segowlee, 2 December 1815
• Treaty of "Peace and Friendship" between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal, 1950
• Treaty of Trade and Commerce between the Governments of India and Nepal. 31 July, 1950
• Agreement between His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the Government of India concerning the Construction of Trisuli Hydro-Electric Project, 20 November 1958
• Agreement between the Government of India and His Majesty's Government of Nepal for Development of Irrigation, Drinking Water Supply and Power, 4 March 1959
• Agreement between His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the Government of India on the Gandak Irrigation & Power Project, Kathmandu, 4 December 1959
• Agreement Between His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the Government of India for Establishing an Engineering School at Kathmandu, 31 August 1960
• Treaty of Trade and Transit between the Governments of India and His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Kathmandu,
  11 September 1960
• Treaty of Trade and Transit between the Government of India and His Majesty Government of Nepal, 13 August 1971
  
• Treaty of Mahakali, 1996
• Sino-Nepal Treaty, 1960

Nepal's International Commitments

• HR Universal Declaration
• UN Convention on Rights of the Child
• UN Convention on the Elimination of Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
• ILO Conventions ratified by Nepal
• SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution
• SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia

SAARC Documents <Top>

• SAARC Charter
• SAARC Declarations
  • First SAARC Summit Dhaka, December 8, 1985
    
  • Second SAARC Summit Bangalore, November 17, 1986
    
  • Third SAARC Summit Kathmandu, November 4, 1987
    
  • Fourth SAARC Summit Islamabad, December 31, 1988
    
  • Fifth SAARC Summit Male', November 23, 1990
    
  • Sixth SAARC Summit Colombo, December 21, 1991
  • Seventh SAARC Summit Dhaka, April 11, 1993
  • Eighth SAARC Summit New Delhi, May 4, 1995
  • Ninth SAARC Summit Male', May 14, 1997
  • Tenth SAARC Summit Colombo, July 31, 1998
  • Eleventh SAARC Summit Kathmandu, January 6, 2002
  • Twelfth SAARC Summit Islamabad, January 6, 2004
  • Thirteen SAARC Summit Dhaka, November 13, 2005

Articles <Top>

• Labour Migration, Employment and Poverty Alleviation in South Asia by Sridhar K. Khatri
  
• SAARC 2015: Expanding Horizons and Forging Cooperation In a Resurgent Asia by Sridhar K. Khatri
  
• Report of the regional conference on Expansion of SAARC: Challenges and Opportunities
• SAARC's Pro-Active Track in the International System by Dev Raj Dahal
• Small States in the Global Political Economy by Dev Raj Dahal
• Illuminating Perspectives by M R Josse

• Nepal-India Open Border: Prospects, Problems and Challenges by Vidya Bir Singh Kansakar, Ph.D.
  

Links <Top>

• Human Development Report 2003
• Millennium Development Goals Nepal - Progress Report 2002
• INDIA: Bilateral Treaties and Agreements
• Nepal Human Development Report 2001
• Human Development Report 2001
• Nepal's Development Partners - Profiles of Cooperation Programmes
• Development Cooperation Report 2000
• UNDP Poverty Report 2000 - "Overcoming Human Poverty"
• Interim Povery Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP)
• Beijing +5 Review: Nepal   
• Nepal Human Development Report 1998
• Web Sites of the United Nations System of Organizations
• United Nations
  
• UN System (Nepal) Web Site
• SAARC Secretariat
• International Human Rights Instruments compliled by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)