KATHMANDU: NRN America has urged the Nepali community to support 'Save the Himalaya Rally' and help make it a grand success in order to "demonstrate respect to the Nepali Everest summiters".
NRN National Coordination Council of USA, which is also known as NRN America, is the co-ordinator of the rally. The Nepali moutaineers who have conquered the world's tallest peak are set to rally at the UN headquarters in New York on September 21 afternoon.
Issuing a press statement, the body of Nepali Diaspora in the USA expressed dissatisfaction over the recent controversies, saying that it has noticed attempts to discredit the Rally. "Such attempts to mislead the Nepali community should not take your focus away from our goal to bring awareness to Save the Himalaya," it said.
The coordinators also stated that it was a golden opportunity to raise concerns to bring international attention by hosting an awareness rally in front of the United Nations while the leaders from almost 200 nations gather in New York City.
Many Everest summiters had announced boycott of the rally after denial of the US visa yesterday. The US Embassy in Kathmandu had denied visa to 10 summiters and eight officials from Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) and National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC).
After that mountaineers in the US had also announced to stay away from the event, saying it was unfair to turn down the record holding summiteers.
Ngawang Tenji Sherpa.
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