India, Sept. 3 -- Nepal is seeking urgent international financial assistance after catastrophic floods in the Himalayan nation killed more than 1,100 people and left thousands missing, with Kathmandu arguing that major greenhouse-gas emitters including India, China, and the United States must bear responsibility for climate-related losses.

The Government of Prime Minister Balendra "Balen" Shah is considering taking the issue to the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month, as Nepal steps up diplomatic efforts to secure funds for relief, reconstruction and long-term resettlement.

Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the country was moving away from treating climate disasters simply as humanitarian emergencies ...