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Human
Rights, Geneva Convention , UNO and NGOs
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by
CPN-M Chairman Prachanda
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Human
right, and development and construction: Summary
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Press
Statement of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), August 10, 2005
This
press statement has been issued to clarify CPN-M's policy in connection
with human right, and development and construction. This statement was
publishes in the wake of a bloody raid of PLA (People's Liberation Army)
forces on a RNA (Royal Nepalese Army) Base Camp in Kalikot on August 7/8,
2005.
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Respecting the spirit of the Geneva Treaty and the prisoners of war |
 Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist) CPN-M is a revolutionary party struggling to establish
a real democracy of the Nepalese people. Publicizing our conviction towards
the main spirit of the Geneva Treaty in relation to human rights
we have been emphasizing to pursue it ever since the people's war was initiated
under the leadership of CPN-M. A series of conduct that we have been keeping
up with respectful and humanly behaviour towards the prisoners of war and releasing them in a process has justified the said conviction in practice.
In the context of some of the unexpected and anti-policy incidents that
occur from our cadres occasionally in the course of war, along with public
self-criticism, we have been pursuing the process of action upon the offenders
and we would like to clarify that our policy has been to apply it more
firmly.
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Welcoming the appointment of a OHCHR envoy |
Maoist leader Prachanda is welcoming publicly the decision taken to appoint
a High Commission by the United Nations (United Nations Office of
OHCHR) to follow up and protect the human rights in Nepal, our determination
of helping them up to our capability has already unfolded.
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No travel restrictions to OHCHR and ICRC officials |
The
Maoist leader Prachanda made it clear in his statement that ...
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the CPN-M policy has been to allow the commission of the United Nations
High Commisioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to travel to any part of the
country influenced by the conflict, to study and inspect the sensitive
spot of incident, to visit the prisoners under our control and to help
carry out discussion and interaction with different units of our party
according to necessity. This policy of our party is also being applied
in the case of the International Red Cross organisations
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Respectful treatment of prisoners of war |
The party chairman has also clarified in his statement that RNA soldiers
in Maoist detention are being treated respectfully and they will be released
by an appropriate process and time.
Prachanda
appealled the entire human right organisations to raise voice on the unsighted
air attack that the RNA carrying out upon the remote villages and innocent
and unarmed people.
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Development in cooperation with the People's Government |
Some inclarities and regional unevenness have been remaining in our policy
on the UNDP and different NGOs and INGOs in relation
to construction and development.
CPN-M
policy has been to provide help to the efforts of development by the
United Nations. Recently, the CPN-M has issued a statement to implement
and make it implement firmly and evenly all across the country.
"So
long as different NGOs and INGOs are concerned, party decision has
been to work and help them work by maintaining coordination and agreement
with regional and district level parties and people's governments.
If any problem arises in this regard, the policy of resolving them by having
discussions between our party and the central bodies of the related organisations
and institutions has also been clarified, " Prachanda said in his statement.
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