U.S. MISSION CLOSED FOR VETERANS DAY

November 9, 2006

The U.S. Mission in Nepal will be closed on Friday, November 10 (in lieu of November 11), on the occasion of Veterans Day in the United States.  The Embassy, USAID, and the Consular Section and American Center in the Yak & Yeti complex (west wing) comprise the Mission.

Veterans Day is observed in the United States in honor of veterans of the armed services and in commemoration of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918.  Veterans Day is celebrated every year on November 11.