Monthly Update (October 2012 ) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. Politics remained deadlocked. As party political discussions failed, the political space and influence of President Ram Baran Yadav grew.
2. Few operational space problems were reported across the country during October for signatories to the Bas...
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Monthly Update (November 2012) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. Politics in Nepal remained deadlocked in November, with the political parties unable to deliver on the President‟s call for a consensus Prime Minister candidate by 29 November. In response, the President has extended the deadline twice, now asking...
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Monthly Update (September 2012) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) “agreed in principle” to elections as a means of ending the political and constitutional crisis following the parties‟ failed attempts to negoti...
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Monthly Update – December 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon issued a statement on 14 December urging the political parties to form a broad-based government ahead of elections
2. Government withdraws donor funded project due to obstructions by NEFIN
3. Eviction of landless...
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Monthly Update – January 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. Peace process remained under stress, with the parties divided on their priorities
2. Nationwide bandh on 5 January by the"Discharged People's Liberation Army" had the widest impact on Basic Operating Guidelines (BOGs) signatories
3. Little progr...
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Monthly Update – June 2013 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. The Interim Electoral Council of Ministers (IECM) announced the next Constituent Assembly (CA) elections
2. The IECM established a Constituency Delineation Commission that is mandated to re-delineate constituencies on basis of the 2011 Census dat...
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Monthly Update (July 2012) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. More than two months after Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) was dissolved at midnight of 27 May without promulgating a new constitution, the political and constitutional crisis in the country continues as Nepal remains without a Legislature/Parli...
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Monthly Update (June 2012) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. The past month – after the Constituent Assembly expired on 28 May – saw only one limited collective interaction between the four major political actors of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), Nepali Congress (NC), Communist Party ...
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Monthly Update ( February 2013 ) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) held its national convention from 2-7 February, the first since the launching its decade-long armed conflict and the subsequent Comprehensive Peace Agreement process.
2. Overall, there were fe...
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Monthly Update (April 2013) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. By the end of April, the opportunity of holding an election for a new Constituent Assembly (CA) by June has largely passed.
2. During the month of April, a small number of bandhs organised by political parties and activist groups affected the ope...
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Monthly Update (August 2011) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. August was a month of transitions. Prime Minister Khanal resigned on 14 August after having failed to generate the multi-party consensus he had sought throughout his tenure.
2. Operational space was negatively affected by landslides caused by the...
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Monthly Update (August 2012) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. In a positive development the three major parties Unified Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist (UCPN-M), Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Nepali Congress (NC) agreed to resume talks setting a deadline of 16 September ...
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Monthly Update (July 2011) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. July witnessed much activity in national politics, though with no tangible progress achieved by the end of the month. The political stalemate was dominated by the Maoists‟ internal debate on party work division and forging a uniform approach to th...
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Monthly Update (March 2013) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. On 13 March the four major political parties (Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist and United Democratic Madheshi Front) signed an agreement to appoint an ‘Interim Electoral ...
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Monthly Update (October 2011) UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1.Prime Minister Bhattarai's four-day visit to India marked an official turning point in relations between Nepal's Maoist party and the Government of India.
2. During October, there were very few reported incidendts affecting the operational space ...
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Monthly Update – April 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. The second categorization process of former Maoist army combatants was completed.
2. Intensive discussions on contentious constitutional issues underway were seen to be encouraged by the Supreme Court verdict disallowing any further extension and...
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Monthly Update – May 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. May ended without the promulgation of the new constitution.
2. the agreement (which appeared to include Kanchanpur and Kailali districts in a ‘Far West Province’) facilitated the end of a crippling “Undivided Far West” (UFW) bandh.
3. The operat...
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Monthly Update – March 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. Within the context of implementation of the Seven Point Agreement, the political parties' focus has rested largely on securing a successful negotiations surrounding integration of the Maoist army combatants, transitional justices mechanism and out...
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Monthly Update – November 2011 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. There have been varying degrees of progress on aspects of the Seven Point Agreement.
2. Prime Minister Bhattarai's came in for considerable criticism throughout the reporting period for his decision to expand his cabinet to 49 ministers.
3. The ...
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Monthly Update - May 2011 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
Highlights:
1. At the national political level, the month of May witnessed an attempt by the parties to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of the constitution deadline of 28 May.
2. The fourth expansion of Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khan...
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Monthly Update – September 2011 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
1. The Legislature-Parliament‟s majority vote to elect Baburam Bhattarai (UCPN-M) as Prime Minister in August, secured through the signing of the Four Point Agreement with the United Democratic Madheshi Front (UDMF) and bringing the UDMF into a major...
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Monthly Update – February 2012 UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
The discharge of former Maoist army combatants opting for voluntary retirement was completed during February. The Special Committee for the Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist army Combatants has now decided to close 13 satellite ca...
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Monthly Update – July 2012, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office Nepal
More than two months after Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) was dissolved at midnight of 27 May without promulgating a new constitution, the political and constitutional crisis in the country continues as Nepal remains without a Legislature/Parliame...
UNRCHCO, (2012)
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