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    "ne": "नेपाललाई सहानुभूतिको आवश्यकता छैन। नेपालले जलवायु न्यायको माग गरेको छ।"
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  "description": "Dr. Karki underscored that the climate crisis requires a collective response because its impacts do not respect national borders. For vulnerable mountain countries such as Nepal, she stressed, climate action is not simply about environmental protection—it is about protecting lives, livelihoods, development gains and the future of communities.\n\nShe proposed AFPPD to call upon parliaments of its member countries to place climate vulnerability and demand for climate justice firmly as major parliamentary agenda transform global climate commitments into concrete legislation, financing and action.\n\nDr. Toshima Karki, former State Minister of Nepal, is a directly elected Member of Parliament representing Nepal’s governing Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). She has been elected twice from the same constituency, Lalitpur-3, securing 53.5% of the vote in her first election and a decisive 64.4% in her second, reflecting strong and growing electoral support. A general surgeon by profession, Dr.Karki continues to raise voices for Health, youths, woman empowerment and good governance.",
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      "text": "Honorable Chair, Excellencies,"
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      "text": "Delegates, Ladies"
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      "text": "and Gentlemen, Namaste."
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      "text": "I bring greetings from Nepal,"
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      "text": "I'm here to tell you, the snow is disappearing and with it, the safety of my people."
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      "text": "As of today, we lost more than 1200 lives."
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      "text": "Even as I speak here today, rescue and relief operations are still continuing."
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      "text": "and most painfully, we lose families, we lose lives."
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      "text": "We did not build the smokestacks."
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      "text": "Yet our children are compelled to bury the parents."
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