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Ian
Martin concerned about media reports quoting Maoist Chairman
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Kathmandu
15 March 2007 (UNMIN)
The
United Nations Mission in Nepal is concerned about media reports quoting
Maoist chairman Prachanda as saying that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
retains weapons and combatants outside the cantonment sites. Ian Martin,
the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Nepal,
today raised these reports with the Maoist leadership and who maintained
that the reports were incorrect.
UNMIN
will seek further clarification from the Maoist leadership.
Any
reports of unregistered Maoist army weapons outside the cantonment sites
will be investigated by UNMIN and the Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee.
Any such unregistered weapons would be treated as a violation of existing
agreements and be illegal. UNMIN calls on the CPN (Maoist) to fulfill its
commitment to report any unregistered weapons to the JMCC.
It
is essential that all unlicensed firearms still in the community, whether
held by those associated with the CPN (Maoist) or by other groups or individuals,
be brought under the control of the police in order to assist in establishing
a climate conducive to free and fair elections for the Constituent Assembly.
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Location:
Chitwan, Nepal
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Source:
UNMIN 2007
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