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Luitel bags excellence award

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:20 AM PDT

An Australian citizen of Bhutanese origin, Parsuram Sharma Luitel, has bagged Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence for his outstanding serve to community.

Luitel couple (middle ) with Australian officials

The Victorian Government recognized more than 180 individuals and organizations for outstanding service to Victoria's multicultural and wider community at a special ceremony held at Government House on Tuesday 21 September 2010.

The annual awards program was established in 2002 to recognise and reward the contributions of individuals and organisations that promote the social, economic and cultural benefits of Victoria’s multicultural community.

The event was hosted by Professor David de Kretser, AC, Governor of Victoria, and was attended by more than 500 members of Victoria's multicultural and multifaith community.

The Governor and the Premier were joined by the Deputy Premier, Rob Hulls, the Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, Liz Beattie MP and Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police, Simon Overland who presented more than 180 awards across eight categories.


Bhutan inks convention on disabilities

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:53 AM PDT

In bid to promote rights of persons on disabilities, Bhutan has formally adopted the UN Convention on Disabilities.

Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley signed the convention on September 21 on the UN Treaty Event – 2010 in New York, USA.

During the singing ceremony, Thinley commented that adoption of this convention would pave ways to create "inclusive Bhutan".

This convention has 147 signatories and 93 ratifications so sar. The UN has defined disability as – any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.