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Category: Peace Process

  • Tired of Arrogance, People Rise Up Against Maoists

    In their bid to prove the presence of their ‘government’ Maoists are doing everything that they can do in the time of peace: from ‘arresting’ gundas and hooligans in the capital city to stopping people from playing cards in villages. We all know they are in the process of bargaining in the peace talks and…

  • Constituent polls by Mid-June of next year, SPA and Maoist hope to reach historic conclusion on Thursday

    Addressing a press conference organised at a hotel in Kathmandu following the end of the summit meeting at Baluwatar, government’s talks team coordinator and Home Minister Krishna Prasad Situala said the meeting ended on a positive note, discussing all key issues including : 1.Interim government 2.Framework of the constituent assembly elections, 3.Management of arms and…

  • Baluwatar Talks, high hopes

    Very much unlike the interview of Prachanda which expressed doubts even in the occuring of the Summit Talks, both the SPA and Maoists have expressed hope of its success. At the end of the meeting which lasted for around 9 hours the two sides released a press release. “The draft of the interim constitution was…

  • Update on Peace Process: Today’s Political Developments

    Update: Thursday, Sept 28: The much-awaited “summit talks” between the top leaders of the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and Maoists, earlier said to be held today but postponed for tomorrow (Friday), has been put off until the conclusion of the Dashain festival. (Here is more.) Based on a report by Balaram Baniya and Ujjir Magar…

  • Update on Peace Process: Today's Political Developments

    Update: Thursday, Sept 28: The much-awaited “summit talks” between the top leaders of the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and Maoists, earlier said to be held today but postponed for tomorrow (Friday), has been put off until the conclusion of the Dashain festival. (Here is more.) Based on a report by Balaram Baniya and Ujjir Magar…

  • Peace Roadmap: An Appeal To The Leadership Of The Eight Parties

    39 Nepalis (see the names below), buying space in Kantipur daily, appeal to leaders of Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist party. This appeal was first published in Nepali in the Sept 21 issue of Kantipur as an advertisement. Sri Girija Prasad Koirala, Sri Madhav Kumar Nepal, Sri Sher Bahadur Deuba, Sri Amik Sherchan, Sri…

  • Arms Management: A Part of Nepali Politics

    Political Threats: The Seven Party Alliance (SPA)/government of Nepal and the CPN (Maoist) have their own understandings, viewpoints and stances on peace and political threats. UWB: Here we produce a ‘Situation Update-IX’ prepared by Kathmandu based NGO Conflict Study Center with contribution from Dr. Bishnu Pathak and Chitra Niraula. UWB received this analysis from CS…