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Opinion: The Hindu Kush Himalayas need institutions for better cooperation

Pema Gyamtsho

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Himalayan countries can look to the Arctic Council, Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention to build multilateral cooperation mechanisms, advises the director-general of ICIMOD

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