Speech By Ambassador Hanan Goder: DAY OF NATURE

Speech By Ambassador Hanan Goder: DAY OF NATURE

DAY OF NATURE – TU BISHVAT

YOUR EXELLENCY MINISTER  TATER, DISTINGUSHED GUESTS, MEMBERS OF SHALOM CLUB. IT IS A GREAT PLESURE FOR ME TO HERE FOR THIS EVENT THAT COMBINES TWO CELEBRATIONS: NATURE AND THE SHALOM CLUB.

YOUR EXCELLENCY  THE  MINISTER DEAR GUESTS. OUR WORLD IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET THAT WE ALL SHARE TOGETHER. WE REGARD DIFFERENT ELLEMENTS OF IT AS BASIC  AND GRANTED ELLEMENTS THAT WERE ALLWAYS THERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. THAT IS WRONG! THEY MIGHT NOT BE THERE! POLLUTION FROM CHILE AND AUSTRALIA WILL EFECT NEPAL AND ISRAEL. THE OPPOSITE IS THE SAME: NEPALI AND ISRAELI POLLUTION WILL EFECT COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA AND CHILE.

FRIENDS, YOU LEAVE IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTIES IN THE WORLD MAYBE THE MOST BEATIFUL! KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL! FOR YOUR SELVES FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR THE REST OF THE HUMAN RACE.

LET ME REMIND AGAIN: WE HAVE HERE THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT  -  ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY NATURE. YES, NATURE IS PART OF THE ENVIRONMET. BUT THE ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO THE QUALITY OF WATER WE DRINK, THE CHEMICALS THAT WE EAT OR AVOID EATING, THE AIR THAT WE BREATH, THE PLAY GROUNDS THAT OUR CHILDREN ENJOY.

PEOPLE SAY, YES, ENVIRONMENT IS FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, FOR RICH COUNTRIES. THAT IS WRONG! IT IS A BASIC INGREDIENT FOR EVERY NATION AROUND THE WORLD.  KEEPING OUR STREETS NEEDS A MINIMAL EFFORT BY EACH ONE OF US LETS TRY IT. BURNING PLASTIC AND OTHER  ELEMENTS OF WASTE CREATE POLLUTION – WE BREATH IT, OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO BREATH IT.

I WOULD LIKE  TO USE THIS OPPRTUNITY AND GIVE OUR SHARE OF BRINGING THE ENVIRONMET INTO THE PUBLIC ATTENTION.  THEY SAY IN NEPALI : HATI AYO, HATI AYO, FUSA…

LETS HOPE THAT ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD, IN ISRAEL AND IN NEPAL WILL THIS TIME  DO SOMETHING MORE FRUITFUL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT..

DEAR FRIENDS,

I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO ADRESS ALL OUR GOOD FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE. MANY OF YOU STUDIED IN ISRAEL ON MASHAV SPONSERED OR SEMI SPONSERED SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS COURSES ON HEALTH, ON AGRICULTURE,  ON EDUCATION, ON COOPRATIVES AND MANY OTHER SUBJECTS. WILL HELP US COME TOGETHER.

WE HAVE STARTED NOW THE “SHALOM CLUB” ACTIVITIES THAT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR GOOD ISRAELI NEPALI BILETERAL RELATIONS.

LETS CELEBRATE!

[Source: Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu]