Mission Statement

The mission statement of the Embassy of Finland in Kathmandu is threefold:

• As Nepal is struggling with development challenges, the Embassy contributes to the problem solving process in order to promote solidarity, peace, democracy, equality, human rights, sustainable development and the principle of rule of law in the country.
• Embassy plans and executes Finnish foreign policy as well as security policy by utilizing Finnish expertise.
• Embassy provides administrative services to promote trade, tourism and cultural exchange between Finland and Nepal (for instance visas, publicity and consular services).

Goal: Prosperous Nepal

As a member of the international community and especially as a member of the European Union, Finland supports the peace process, democracy, respect for human rights and sustainable development. Finland together with other EU member states follows the local implementation strategy for Nepal, which is based on the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.

• EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (PDF, 14 kB)

The challenge faced by the international donor community is to reach a point where prosperous, stable and democratic Nepal will add to the stability of the South Asian region and will be able to conserve and utilize it's substantial global public assets.