Nepal: Ban urges end to stalemate, days before deadline for new constitution
| Publisher | UN News Service |
| Publication Date | 23 May 2011 |
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A constitution is supposed to be adopted by Nepal's parliamentarians by 28 May as part of the peace process introduced after the civil war between Government forces and Maoists ended in 2007 and the monarchy was abolished.
Mr. Ban recently discussed the situation in Nepal with Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, while the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, spoke by telephone with the leaders of the Unified Communist Party of NepalMaoist (UCPN-M) and the Nepali Congress (NC) to urge the Nepalese leaders to act effectively.
"The Secretary-General underlines that it is now more than ever incumbent upon the key political actors to show leadership and carry out the necessary compromises to preserve the peace process and complete the drafting of the new constitution," said a statement issued by his spokesperson.
