YouSaid · the spoken record

Landgren

lines on the record
355
first
2009-05-05
most recent
2023-11-14
sittings or episodes
20
sources
un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

  1. “The first of the three situations was the recruitment by the Nepal Army of more than 3,000 new personnel in late 2008, notwithstanding a prohibition in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of November 2006 and the Agreement on Monitoring the Management of Arms and Armies on the recruitment of additional personnel by either the Nepal Army or the Maoist army. Mr. Ian Martin, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General, described that situation in detail to the Council in his 16 January briefing (see S/PV.6069), which is a matter of public record. UNMIN has taken the position since 2007 that any recruitment by either army would violate those agreements. The Army was directed by the Government to stop the recruitment, but it did not.”

    2009-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6119 (2009) · source

  2. “In the short term, there is a risk of paralysis, with possibly protracted negotiations on forming a new Government and a stalling of preparations for the discharge of the 09-32451 disqualified and the integration and rehabilitation of verified Maoist army personnel. The Prime Minister's resignation followed a number of developments over the past two weeks. On 20 April, the Cabinet requested General Katawal to provide clarification of three recent situations. Under the Army Act, the chief of the Army can be dismissed by the Government, if it deems it necessary, after being given the opportunity to provide clarification, and that request was widely thought to herald the chief's imminent dismissal.”

    2009-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6119 (2009) · source

  3. “In the lead-up to that event, considerable gaps had opened in the interpretation of the powers of the President and the chiefs of Nepal Army staff, and the Supreme Court had become increasingly drawn into adjudicating such conflicts of interpretation. The Maoists have seen in the position taken by the Army chiefs and the other main political parties an attempt to undermine their leadership of the Government, while their detractors consider the Maoists' actions as proof of their intention to capture State power. Those developments have serious implications for the functioning of government and for the nature of the State to be shaped by Nepal's next Constitution.”

    2009-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6119 (2009) · source

  4. “The progress has been, in the language of the report, not insignificant, and the tone of the report is thus guardedly positive. The report, however, also warns of differences among political parties, the high level of acrimony and weak consultation over major decisions and the atmosphere of mistrust. It notes the persistent tension between the Ministry of Defence and the Nepal Army, with the political parties publicly lining up to support one or the other. And in the fortnight or so since this report was written, the deeply polarizing political stand-off between the Nepal Army and the leader of the governing coalition, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), has come to a head, culminating in the resignation yesterday of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda".”

    2009-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6119 (2009) · source

  5. “Ms. Landgren: The report of the Secretary- General now before the Council (8/2009/221) provides an overview of developments in Nepal's peace process and a midterm review of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), as requested by the Council. It describes long-awaited steps by the Government of Nepal towards resolving the continued existence in the country of two armies and also towards the discharge of some 4,000 disqualified Maoist army personnel, including minors. Since January 2009, there have been public consultations on the new Constitution, and the Constituent Assembly has continued to develop concept papers. Several long-dormant Government bodies have been revived, and in April by-elections were held in six constituencies in a relatively peaceful and orderly atmosphere.”

    2009-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6119 (2009) · source