The Chief of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karen Landgren has called upon the parties to form consensus on the issue of the future monitoring of the arms and armies after the departure of UN political mission in Nepal.Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu this afternoon, Landgren reiterated that the peace process still faces significant challenges that can put Nepal’s great successes since 2006 at risk. These risks included the issue of the monitoring arrangements of arms and armies and the risk of any of the parties going back on their solemn commitments of the past, including the collective commitment to completing the new constitution.Landgren claimed that UN political mission in Nepal has fulfilled the terms of its mandate including the role of supporting the elections to the Constituent Assembly and management of cantonments. The Chief of UN political mission assured that despite UNMIN's withdrawal from Nepal in five days from now, UN would monitor developments related to the peace process for another three years and a reporting mechanism would be formed. AIR Correspondent reports that the world body would pull out of Nepal's peace process from midnight Friday.
News On AIR | January 10, 2011 8:08 PM
Landgren calls upon parties to form consensus on future monitoring of arms