Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Masterful Political Work: Compromise Takes Guts


Content of the joint letter sent to the UN

Further to the Eight-Point Understanding between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) of June 16, 2006 and the commitment expressed by the Government of Nepal (GON) to the Agreement, the GON and the CPN-M heberby request the United Nations to provide its assistance as follows with a view to creating a free and fair atmosphere for the election of a Constituent Assembly and the entire peace process:

1. Continue its human rights monitoring through the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR, Nepal)

2. Assist the monitoring of the Code of Conduct during the ceasefire.

3. On the basis of the agreement to seek UN assistance in the “management of arms and armed personnel of both the sides”, deploy qualified civilian personnel to monitor and verify the confinement of CPN-M combatants and their weapons within designated cantonment areas. Later the modalities for all agreements, including of arms and munitions, will be worked out among the parties and the UN.

4. Monitor the Nepal Army to ensure that it remains in its barracks and its weapons are not used for or against any side. The modalities will be worked out among the parties and the UN.

5. Provide election observation for the election of the Constituent Assembly in consultation with the parties.

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Nepal: Southern Discomfort and Emerging Dynamics The Indian media's wide coverage of the Maoists' harassment of Indian nationals in Nepal and New Delhi's firm acknowledgement of ideological and operational ties between the Nepalese rebels and Indian Naxalites, among other things, convey sufficient bitterness. The timing of the chill, in the aftermath of reported Chinese overtures to the rebels, adds to the overall anxiety. ...... Prachanda has acknowledged that Indian officialdom had played a major role in creating the broad anti-palace alliance. ...... The CPI (M)'s advice to Indian Naxals to follow their Nepalese allies' example of moderation could have only added the proverbial insult to the Maoists' festering injuries. .... By amplifying the India-related component of their 40-point demand of 1996, they could hope to carve their space on the nationalism plank hitherto espoused by the palace. .....

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ँहतियार व्यवस्थापनको टुंगो दुई दिनभित्र’
एक सदनात्मक संसद् प्रस्ताव समितिले बुझाउने मस्यौदामा अन्तरिम संसद्, अन्तरिम सरकार, संविधानसभाको प्रक्रिया र ढाँचाबारे सैद्धान्तिक पक्ष मात्र समावेश हुनेछ । संसदीय दल र माओवादीले साझा निर्णय नगर्दा कतिपय राजनीतिक प्रश्नमा समितिका १६ सदस्यहरूबीच मतैक्य हुन सकेको छैन । माओवादी पक्षले प्रस्तावनामै संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र राख्न र जनअदालतलाई राज्यका अदालतसरह मान्यता दिन राखेको प्रस्तावमा लामो विवाद भएको समिति स्रोतले बतायो । अन्तरिम जारी भएको एक वर्षभित्र संविधान बनाइसक्नुपर्ने, विशेष अवस्था परे ६ महिना थप्न सक्ने व्यवस्था मस्यौदामा छ ।
एक रुपैयाँमा २० दाना स्याउ उनले दुई डोको स्याउ पकाएर भै ंसीलाई ख्वाएको बताए । उत्पादनको १० प्रतिशत पनि बजार पुग्दैन । गाउँमा स्याउ प्रशोधनका कुनै प्रविधि पनि प्रयोगमा छैनन् ।
एमाले-माओवादी वार्ता माओवादीले प्रधानमन्त्री वार्ता भाँड्ने षड्यन्त्रमा लागेको आरोप लगाएको छ । छलफलमा डा. बाबुराम भट्टराई र वामदेव गौतम सहभागी थिए ।
ँराजनीतिक समाधान र हतियार व्यवस्थापन सँगै हुनुपर्छ’
कणर्ालीमा डल्पिmन भएको दाबी
सर्वस्वहरण गरिएकाको सम्पत्ति फिर्ता भएन
ँमाओवादी संरक्षणमा अवैध व्यापार’
सैनिक स्कुलमा पुरानै राष्ट्रियगान
सुशीलको शल्यक्रिया उपचारका लागि अमेरिका गएका कांग्रेस उपसभापति सुशील कोइरालाको जिब्रो र घाँटीको शल्यक्रिया सोमबार सफलतापूर्वक भयो । उनलाई मेमोरियल स्लोन केटरिङ क्यान्सर सेन्टरमा उनलाई सोमबार बिहान भर्ना गरिएको थियो । वरिष्ठ चिकित्सक जटिन शाहको टोलीलाई शल्यक्रिया गर्न करिब दुई घन्टा लागेको थियो । डा. शाहका अनुसार कोइरालाको अवस्था सामान्य छ । उनी २६ गतेसम्म डिस्चार्ज हुन सक्नेछन् ।
राजनीतिमा आदिवासी
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