 This is Gordon Manor reporting for Oknoe TV from Kathmandu, Nepal, on the 8th of November. Today, Sainte-Arc Law and IDLO signed a Memorandum of Understanding. For Sainte-Arc Law the Memorandum was signed by its Secretary-General Hemant Bhatra, whereas for IDLO the document already stood signed by its Acting Director-General Jeffrey S. Waldron. This Memorandum aims to advance broad common purposes in pursuance of the respective mandates and objectives of Sainte-Arc Law and IDLO, to encourage and facilitate the improvement and use of legal resources in the development process as whole including socio-economic development, to contribute to the establishment and progressive development and application of good governance and the rule diverse facets of law in South Asia, and to promote sustainable development through improvement and maintenance of the legal and judicial systems and processes. On the occasion of signing of the Memorandum the Chief Justice of Bhuton, who is also President of Sainte-Arc Law, Justice Sonam Thabjee was also present along with Justice Kalyan Shrestha Judge of Nepal Supreme Court and Vice President of Sainte-Arc Law. From IDLO its senior functionaries, Naomee Brikshine, and Sarinardik Chia were also present. Batra, SG of Sarc Law, termed the Memorandum as a historic document. Sarc Law is an association of the legal communities of the Sarc countries comprised of judges, lawyers, academicians, law teachers and public officers, and has the status of a regional apex body of Sarc, and was established to bring together the legal communities within the region for close cooperation, developing understanding, promoting exchange of ideas and dissemination of information, and use and develop the law as a source and an instrument towards social change for development as well as for building cooperation among peoples of the region. According to Hemant Batra, Secretary General of Sarc Law and Managing Partner of the renowned law firm Kadentboros, development cooperation underpins IDLO's work in economic development like trade, investment and micro-finance law, social development like environmental and natural resources law, land law, and health law and institutional development like justice. Sector, governance and legal education, and Sarc Law and IDLO recognized the mutual benefit of cooperating and collaborating in pursuance of their respective mandates and objectives.