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Nepal's
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January
2007
| Nepal
- rocky path to democracy? |
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Nepal
Maoists prepare to take oath in the under the interim constitution.
Nepal's
parliament witnessed another landmark in the peace process on Monday evening,
the clearest indication yet that the Maoists are firmly set on a political
path.
Wearing
scarves against the winter cold, the new parliamentarians read out the
oath of office and secrecy in a chorus.
Perhaps
"colourful" would not be the right word, given the Maoists' chosen uniform
of grey.
But
the scenes as their new MPs took their seats were extraordinary.
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January
2007
| Nepal:
Little peace for the peacekeepers |
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For
years Nepal provided foot soldiers for UN peacekeeping missions far and
wide. Now the UN is coming to Nepal on a different kind of peacekeeping
mission - to oversee the fragile peace accord that the government in Kathmandu
signed with the Maoist insurgents in late 2006. It won't be an easy task.
Nepal's
fledgling peace process is becoming one of the first preoccupations of
the new United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. Next Thursday, the
Security Council is expected to discuss and approve a plan for setting
up a field office with the twin responsibilities of monitoring movement
of arms and armies (belonging both to Maoist insurgents and to the state)
and extending assistance for conducting polls for a constituent assembly,
initially scheduled for June.
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