Kul Chandra Gautam Kul Chandra Gautam is a distinguished international civil servant, public policy expert and peace advocate.

He served as Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF. He was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Nepal on International Affairs and the Peace Process. He is a seasoned diplomat and civic leader and serves on the Boards of a number of international and national foundations and charitable organizations as chairman, member or advisor.

This website contains a comprehensive selection of Mr. Gautam's articles, interviews, speeches, photos and videos.

Maoist Need for Imaginary Enemies

Kul Chandra Gautam Perhaps because their outdated and universally discredited ideology is not persuasive enough in the 21st century, the Maoists seem to need to invoke real or imaginary enemies to motivate their cadres and supporters. Hence they always cite a long list of ‘feudals’, ‘capitalists’, ‘royalists’, ‘imperialists’, ‘expansionists’, or their ‘agents’, who they claim More...

From Health for All, to All for Health

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam at Consultative Meeting on Establishing a School of Public Health at Patan Academy of Health Sciences Kathmandu, 29 January 2012 I consider it a real privilege to join you all at the beginning of what I hope will be remembered as a momentous consultative meeting for the founding of a More...

UNICEF in Nepal – and the Quest for Equity for Children

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam at Briefing for UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake Kathmandu, 12 January 2012 Let me add my words of welcome to our esteemed Executive Director, Tony Lake. Tony, your maiden visit to Nepal comes at a propitious moment. Nepal is right now in the midst of drafting a new Constitution. We More...

Rotary Nepal: Promoting Peace and Development through Sports

Keynote Address by Rotarian Kul Chandra Gautam· at 4th Annual Conference of Rotary International District 3292 Biratnagar, Nepal, 7 January 2012 Thank you for the opportunity to share some views and suggestions on how we as Rotarians can promote peace and development in Nepal, in our region of South Asia, and in the world. I More...