Ambassadors urge parties to implement peace agreement
Kathmandu | Saturday, Nov 21 2009 IST
 

Heads of Mission of various Embassies in Nepal have urged all political parties to continue to abide by both the letter and spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and "rededicate" themselves to delivering the commitments they made to the people of Nepal. Expressing concern over the delayed implementation of the agreements, the envoys said there is a clear lack of will to address conflict-era human rights abuses and an unwillingness to tackle the continuing state of impunity in Nepal.

"We note that the Constituent Assembly has fallen behind schedule and there is so far no agreement on the future structure and governance of Nepal," a statement jointly issued by the missions of Australia, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, UK and USA on the third anniversary of the signing of the CPA said.

"A failure to agree on a vision for the future and draft the constitution on time will be a clear disregard of the expectations and aspirations of Nepal's citizens, and will set back the country's economic and social development," the envoys said. They asserted that other critical aspects of the CPA remained incomplete -- the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist ex-combatants and determining the structure of the Nepal Army was still not under way, and called on the parties to put aside their differences and work together to agree on the creation of a more "prosperous, equitable and democratic Nepal". The joint statement, which does not include India and China, has come at a time when the Maoists have given an ultimatum to the government to fulfill their demand of rectifying the President's move to stop implementation of their decision to sack the then army chief. However, the other major political parties say the President 's move was constitutional and that it cannot be rectified as the army chief has since retired and the Maoists' motive was to politicise the Nepal army.

-- (UNI) -- 21DF5.xml

 

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