Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for grant-based international support at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as the country begins recovering from a glacier flood that killed at least 1,450 people. He said recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10% of gross domestic product, arguing that vulnerable countries should not incur additional debt after catastrophic climate disasters. Shah urged Nepal, India and China to establish an urgent Himalayan mechanism for sharing satellite data, monitoring glacial lakes, strengthening early-warning systems and coordinating cross-border disaster responses. The late-August collapse of a glacier near the border between Nepal and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region triggered landslides and a flash flood that destroyed infrastructure and livelihoods. More than 6,000 people remained missing weeks later, while the World Bank made up to $170 million in emergency financing available for Nepal’s response and recovery.