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UN Envoy For Parties Resolving Issues Concerning Peace
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
January 26, 2010: UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Karin Landgren has asked the leaders of Nepalese political parties to work productively and reach consensus on the peace process and create an environment conducive to the UNMIN to wind up its work in Nepal. Following the Nepal Government’s request, the UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) until May 15, 2010.
“During the remaining mandate period, the Government and parties are expected to focus on creating the conditions under which UNMIN’s functions are no longer needed,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative Karin Landgren told reporters in a news conference in Kathmandu.
“We will work with the parties and the Government to discuss and put together the arrangements for the withdrawal of UNMIN. Until then, UNMIN will continue its activities in support of the peace process,” said Ms. Landgren Chief of the UNMIN set up at the request of the Government of Nepal in 2007 to support the peace process that ended a 10-year war in Nepal.
In her briefing to the Council last week, Ms. Landgren has underlined that the peace process remains fragile, but the renewed urgency shown by the political leaders to address central peace process issues and the recent actions by the Government and the parties can herald “a freshly constructive stage” for Nepal’s democratic transition according to the UN NEWS CENTER.
She noted that the Council welcomed the understanding between the Government and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) on having a time-bound action plan on integration and rehabilitation of Maoist army personnel, and called on them to work together to ensure its completion and implementation.
“These are the arrangements which, when agreed, will truly advance the peace process and will allow UNMIN’s activities to be completed,” said Ms. Landgren.
Nevertheless, she has added that the peace process needs consensus building and confidence building, and the hope is that the recently established high-level political mechanism can strengthen important aspects of the peace process.
