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Nepal Government Disapproves Landgren’s Statement At UNSC
By KTM Metro Reporter
January 8, 2011: Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Gyan Chandra Acharya has made a statement at the Security Council on January 06 to disprove the claims of Karen Landgren: chief of UNMIN for possible failure of the peace process or the uncertainties in Nepal after the UNMIN departs from Nepal, the state-run newspaper ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today writes. Acharya has said that the Army Integration Special Committee will supervise arms and Maoist army combatants as per the guidelines laid out in the Directives for Supervision, Control, Direction and Code of Conduct for the Maoist Army Combatants that has been adopted unanimously on September 17, 2010.
Ambassador Acharya stated that the Government of Nepal has already sent a letter to UNMIN and through it to the United Nations on the issues related to the monitoring of Maoist army combatants and arms, on Nepal army, on Agreement on Management of Arms and Armies (AMMA) and Dispute Resolution Mechanism and on the request for the transfer of the updated records of arms and Maoist army combatants, all the materials, equipment and logistics used by UNMIN for monitoring tasks.
He emphasized that Nepal is committed to the path of peace, stability and development and shall remain fully engaged with the international community in the days ahead to ensure a better and prosperous future for all the Nepali people within a more peaceful and secure world.
Ambassador Acharya has further written to the members of the Security Council expressing strong objections to the parts of the statement made by Karin Landgren: Representative of the Secretary-General as baseless conjecture, ‘The Rising Nepal’ writes.
At a joint meeting held at the NC central office in Sanepa, Kathmandu on January 8, 2011, NC and other fourteen fringe parties have condemned the UNMIN Chief Landgren’s report presented to the UN Security Council. She has stated that Nepal could lead to a people's revolt, a presidential rule or a military coup in the near future after the withdrawal of the UNMIN from Nepal, THT Online writes on January 8, 2011.
President Ram Baran Yadav has met with House Speaker Subash Nembang and Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda and has assured them of nothing of the sorts of imposing a state of emergency and then a presidential rule in Nepal will happen; after the meeting with the president, Prachanda has said he is convinced of the sincerity of the president's denial of imposing a presidential rule, IANS writes on January 8, 2011.
Talking to the reporters after his meeting with the president, Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda has said that neither President Ram Baran Yadav will impose a presidential rule nor he himself would push for an immediate revolt; the president is in favor of institutionalizing the achievements made by the Janaandolan II instead, myrepublica.com writes. Chairman Prachanda has also said that he has assured the president of his party not pushing for an immediate revolt but would go for it only if there is conspiracy not to complete the peace process and the constitution writing.
Speaking at a function in Damauli, Western Nepal, officiating Prime Minister Madhav Nepal today has said that the Maoists have been secretly making preparations for a revolt to seize the state power, as UNMIN Chief Karin Landgren has stated in her report presented to the UN Security Council but he has ruled out the possibility of any military coup or a presidential rule in the country, as the Nepal Army is strictly under the control of the government, myrepublica.com writes on January 8, 2011.
Saying her statement is aimed at tarnishing his image, President Ram Baran Yadav has expressed serious concern about the threat of a presidential rule in Nepal stated by Chief of UNMIN Karin Landgren in her report presented to the UN Security Council, nepalnews.com writes.
Deputy Chief of Mission at Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, Shankar Bairagee has said that the mission has written to all 15-member states on the UN Security Council clarifying that the possibility of imposing a presidential rule and an army coup in Nepal is not genuine, ‘Himalayan News Service’ writes. “We have sent a letter to all 15 members of the Security Council that the ground reality in Nepal was different from what Landgren briefed the UNSC,” Bairagee told ‘The Himalayan Times’ on the phone.
