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Indian prime minister calls for end to Kashmir violence (10.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for "the cycle of violence" to end in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Reports of fresh recruitment by Nepalese army and Maoists spark UN concern (03.08.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The United Nations mission in Nepal today expressed deep concern at reports that both the national army and the Maoist army plan to begin recruiting new people, which would constitute a violation of the 2006 peace pact that ended the country’s decade-long civil war.
India Kashmir seeks urgent reinforcements to stop violence (02.08.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The chief minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir flew to the capital on Monday calling for urgent reinforcements to end to the worst anti-government violence in two years in which more than 30 people have died. .. The violence could hurt a tentative peace process launched since the 2008 attacks on India's financial capital Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants.
Ban calls on all sides to form consensus government after key resignation (02.07.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Nepal’s political parties to step up their efforts to form a consensus government in the wake of this week’s resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Nepal PM quits in hope to end crisis with Maoists (30.06.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned on Wednesday in a move aimed at resolving a political crisis and saving the peace process more than three years after the end of a decade-long Maoist civil war.
Nepal's Maoists accuse government of “betrayal” (04.06.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Nepal's opposition Maoists on Friday accused the prime minister of breaking a pledge to resign, sparking a new row between the three main parties less than a week after they agreed to share power.
Secretary-General welcomes extension of Constituent Assembly (29.05.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the extension of the Constituent Assembly, which has been tasked with drafting the country's new constitution.
Time is short for tangible progress, says top UN official in Nepal (15.05.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
With two weeks before the deadline for a new constitution in Nepal expires, and on the heels of a nearly week-long strike in the South Asian country, the head of the United Nations mission there urged the political parties to peacefully agree on a way forward in the limited time available.
UN mission assisting Nepal’s peace process to stay for four more months (12.05.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations presence in Nepal until 15 September, while voicing concern at the recent tensions in the country and calling on all sides to resolve their differences through peaceful negotiations.
Nepal political talks fail to end crisis - again (05.05.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
An indefinite strike is to continue in Nepal with no agreement to end the Himalayan nation's political crisis. Lawmakers are supposed to formulate a new constitution in little more than three weeks. That is also the deadline to place the former Maoist combatants into the Army or reintegrate them into civil society. However, there is no movement towards completing those tasks because of the political standoff.