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Peace Process In A Critical Juncture
BY KTNM Metro Reporter
December 5, 2010: speaking at the press conference held in Kathmandu on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at the end of his two-day visit, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B Lynn Pascoe has said that the UN will continue supporting the peace process in Nepal through its agencies even after the ending of UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) after January 15, 2011.
Pascoe has arrived in Kathmandu on Friday, December 3, 2010. During his two-day stay in Nepal, he has met with Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda, President of NC Sushil Koirala, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav, Chairman of Constituent Assembly Subas Nembang, Officiating Deputy Prime Minister Bijay Gacchedar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala. He has also met with members of the Army Integration Special Committee and of the diplomatic corps including ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and India to exchange the views on the peace process in Nepal.
Speaking to the reporters, Pascoe has said that his current visit is after two months of the last one, and he has had good meetings with political leaders, government officials and members of the diplomatic missions. He has said that the peace process in Nepal is moving into a critical period; this makes it all the more important that the leaders of Nepal move very quickly to resolve the issues of integration and rehabilitation, power-sharing and the drafting of a new constitution.
The UN has made every possible effort on the peace process in Nepal, will continue to work closely with Nepal even after the pullout of the UNMIN from Nepal after its term ends on January 15, 2011; it makes essential that political leaders need to reach an agreement on integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist army at the soonest possible time; UNMIN has six weeks before it leaves, Pascoe has said.
Referring to his meetings with the political leaders and other concerned people with the peace process, Pascoe has said that they have different views and disagreements on the peace process but they can reach an agreement if the political leaders are willing to compromise on their political will.
Pascoe has said that Nepal will remain on the agenda of the Security Council automatically for three more years even after the term of UNMIN ends; so, UN will continue to engage in the peace process doing every possible thing in its capacity.
The Security Council has extended the term of UNMIN in Nepal for the seventh time on September 15, 2010 for four more months, and has decided that it will be the last extension. Upon the joint request of the Government of Nepal and the UCPN-Maoist made on August 09, 2006, the UN has set up UNMIN on January 23, 2007 following the Security Council Resolution 1740 for creating an atmosphere conducive to the election to the Constituent Assembly and the peace process.
