Dr. Karki on Clubhouse

Bio

Dr. Arjun Kumar Karki is the Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Government of Nepal to the United States of America, Columbia, Coasta Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Guyana. Dr. Karki was also the Ambassador-Designate to Honduras.

Dr. Karki has more than 20 years of experience in non government organizations, international relations, international diplomacy, international negotiations, conflict mediation, peace-building as well as development co-operation at the local, national, regional and global levels. He has undertaken the International Diplomacy and Leadership Training from Harvard Law School, USA.

Prior to his incumbent role, Dr Karki had been holding the position of International Co-ordinator of LDC Watch that is legally based in Brussels, Belgium with the international headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was co-ordinating the organisation and mobilisation of the LDC Watch civil society policy advocacy and campaigns in the 48 UN-defined least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa, Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific. His work entailed well-established collaborative relationships with the UN system; the European Union viz. Council of Ministers, European Parliament, European Commission; the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); the African Union (AU); the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Pacific Islands Forum.

Dr. Karki earned his PhD in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, UK and worked as an International Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. He has published works of international repute and academic credentials including undertaken peer review for the Oxford University Press and SAGE Publications.