United We Blog

Month: May 2008

  • After the Dinner, They Ate Him Alive

    Eye on Maoist: The Koteshwor area of Kathmandu is tense today, just like yesterday, with traffic to and from Bhaktapur completely disrupted by the agitating locals who are protesting the brutal murder of a local resident by the Maoist PLA recently. Tires are being burnt. As I am typing these lines, people in Tinkune are…

  • Status of the United Nations Mission in Nepal

    Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process Continued from previous blog (Part II of II) III. Status of the United Nations Mission in Nepal 17. As at 24 April 2008, a total of 968 of the authorized 1,048 personnel had been recruited to…

  • UN Report on Progress of Nepal Peace Process

    Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process Part I of II [Here is the II part.] I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1796 (2008), by which the Council, following the request of the Government of Nepal…

  • People on the Street Chant a New Slogan: Down With Maoist

    A reporter’s diary detailing pre-election atrocities of the Maoist in far west Nepal in Blogmandu. Residents of Koteshwor organized an anti-Maoist protest rally today by blocking traffic. Eye on Maoist: Even after the surprise victory in the April 10 CA polls, the Maoist hasn’t changed its wartime behavior of intimidation, abduction and killings. The Maoist…

  • Jhalanath Khanal, the General Secretary Part 2

    They say history repeats. The resurrection of Jhalanath Khanal in the CPN UML is just an example. The man who led the party (when it was called CPN ML) some 20 years ago but surrendered the leadership to the then rising star Madan Bhandari has made an unexpected come back. Unexpected because very few had…

  • Nepali Congress Preconditions

    NC and UML have set preconditions for their support to a Maoist-led future government Central committee meetings of the second and third largest political parties in the newly constituted Constituent Assembly took the decision yesterday after days of deliberation on whether to join a Maoist-led coalition or remain outside. The preconditions: >Dissolution of the Maoist…

  • A Small Revolt Within The Biggest Party of Nepal

    Maoists burn down Chairman Pranchanda’s effigy in Rautahat: CPN-Maoist activists of Rautahat district today burnt down the effigy of party Chairman Prachanda and demanded for his resignation in protests of the inclusion of no nominees from the district by the party leadership in the closed list for proportional representation system. This is the first incident…