Nepal, Sept. 26 -- This Saturday it is exactly one month since the catastrophe on the Bhote Kosi-Trisuli. The death toll in Nepal and China is exceeding 8,000.

One month on, only 110 of the 1,450 recovered bodies have been positively identified and handed over to families.

On Friday morning, Prime Minister Balendra Shah delivered his address to the UN General Assembly where he reminded the world of what befell his nation.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned the Nepal disaster in his speech in the context of climate breakdown. But international memory is short, and easily distracted by wars and calamities elsewhere.

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