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SENIOR U.S. DEMOCRACY OFFICIAL ON A 4-DAY VISIT TO NEPAL
May 30, 2007 नेपालीमा
Barry R. Lowenkron, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, arrived in Kathmandu today for a four-day visit to Nepal.
Mr. Lowenkron is in Nepal to promote setting a firm date for the Constituent Assembly elections, to encourage the Interim Government to establish an open and inclusive electoral and political process, to examine human rights protection and abuses, and to encourage all parties to the comprehensive peace agreement to adhere to their commitments to bring lasting peace and democracy to Nepal.
During the visit, Assistant Secretary Lowenkron will meet with government officials, political party leaders, human rights advocates, civil society representatives and others to review ongoing developments in Nepal.
The U.S. Embassy is coordinating the Assistant Secretary’s visit. It is his first visit to Nepal.
Biographical Summary:
Barry F. Lowenkron was sworn-in as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) on October 14, 2005. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Lowenkron served as Principal Deputy Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State. Mr. Lowenkron served two tours as Director of European Security Affairs on the National Security Council (1988-89, 1991-93), and as Civilian Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he received the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service medal. He spent five years as a member of the Policy Planning Staff under Secretary of State George Shultz. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Lowenkron was a program development officer at the United States Information Agency.
Mr. Lowenkron currently is on leave from the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, where he has been an adjunct lecturer in American Foreign Policy since 1979. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow on Arms Control and Eastern Europe and a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow. Mr. Lowenkron is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Lowenkron received his M.A. with distinction in 1977 from the Nitze School of Advanced International studies, and his B.A. with high honors in 1973 from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
(Remarks by Assistant Secretary Barry F. Lowenkron to Nepali media on June 2, 2007) नेपालीमा