On June 9, 2026, HJI President Dr. Thomas Walsh met with the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, H.E. Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa, who currently serves as the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Ms. Nagma Shrestha, an HJI student currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Peace Studies and a representative of the ECOSOC-affiliated NGO, Youth and Students for Peace, also attended the meeting. The meeting focused on current affairs related to the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations and the importance of Peace Studies in advancing preventive peacebuilding and post-conflict peacebuilding.
