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Reception for Australian Ambassador
to Nepal: The ANFS hosted a reception and farewell
dinner to honour newly appointed Australian Ambassador to
Nepal, Mrs. Susan Grace on Monday 2 March 2009. Mr. Shanker
Bairagi, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Nepal
represented the Nepali Ambassador on the occasion. There
were about 60 members of Nepalese community members or
friends of Nepal at the reception program. Mrs. Grace is
resident Ambassador to Nepal and is based in Kathmandu,
Nepal.
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Workshop on Recommendation to
Constitution drafting in Nepal: In response to the
appeal issued by Embassy of Nepal, the Australia Nepal
Friendship Society Inc., Canberra, organised a one day
workshop on Sunday 22 February 2009 at the Australian
National University to compile the views of Nepali people
living in Australia on the key concepts and contents to be
incorporated in the future constitution of Nepal. The
workshop was attended by about 20 inter state and local
participants.
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Participation in National
Multicultural Festival 2009, Canberra: The ANFS
represented the Nepalese community in National Multicultural
Festival Canberra by participating in the cultural program
and food stall. The festival was organised by the
Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services,
Australian Capital Territory on Saturday 7 February 2009.
Our participation in the festival was made possible by the
ACT Government’s Multicultural Grants Program 2008-09.
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Nepal: Forging a New Beginning’
workshop – The ANFS hosted a one-day workshop on the topic
‘Nepal: Forging a New Beginning’ on Sunday, 5 October 2008.
It was held in the Australian National University, Canberra.
The workshop was participated by inter national, inter state
and local subject matter experts. Six papers on various
topics related to Nepal were presented in the workshop,
which were followed by discussion by the participants. The
proceedings of the workshop of the workshop can be found
here.
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- ‘2008 Multicultural Summit –
Australian Capital Territory Government organised a one day
Multicultural Summit on Saturday 30 August 2008 with the
theme “Shaping a Multicultural Canberra 2009 – 2012”. Dr.
Amarottam Shrestha (President) and Dr. Krishna Hamal (Vice
President) represented the ANFS in the summit.
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