Mayor Kaarin Knudson: I was honored to have an audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India, where the Tibetan government is in exile.
Presenter: The mayor of Eugene shared news about her recent trip to our first sister city, Kathmandu. March 9, Mayor Kaarin Knudson:
Mayor Kaarin Knudson: Last week I completed a sister-city delegation trip to Kathmandu, which is our oldest sister-city relationship in the city of Eugene. And we celebrated the 50th anniversary of this Eugene-Kathmandu Sister City Association. It was first established in 1975.
During this trip, I met with Kathmandu’s Mayor Sunita Dangol, and toured multiple UNESCO sites and city facilities with the city of Kathmandu’s finance, international relations, and administrative staff…