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UN Safeguards Its Impartiality In Government Request For Maoist Data
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
At the meeting with Nepalese Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam Chemjong in Kathmandu on February 25, 2010, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Representative Karin Landgren has told the minister that the sharing of confidential data may be considered under suitable conditions after the minister’s request for such data according to the UN News Service.
Following his request for confidential data on Maoist army personnel, the top UN envoy in Nepal has informed the minister that the UN needs to maintain impartiality in backing the peace process that has ended more than a decade-long civil war between Maoist rebels and the former monarchy.
“UNMIN reiterated to the Ministry its readiness to assist in a manner which would not require the Mission to compromise United Nations obligations or impartiality,” the Mission said in a statement after the meeting.
Regarding the number of Maoist army personnel in cantonments, UNMIN said, “It is the responsibility of the signatories to the AMMAA to provide accurate and updated numbers on their current personnel strength, neither the Nepal Army nor the Maoist army has done so, an issue which was again brought to their attention at the Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee of 24 February 2010.”
UNMIN has shared a copy of the Agreement on Monitoring the Management of Arms and Armies (AMMAA) with the minister to keep him informed about the need for such information from the parties to be treated with confidentiality by the UNMIN.
