NEPAL: UN COMMITS TO ALERT USG TO SPECIFIC THREATS

S E C R E T KATHMANDU 001413 SIPDIS DEPT PLEASE PASS TO DS/IP/SA AND DS/IP/ITA E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2025 TAGS: ASEC NP SUBJECT: NEPAL: UN COMMITS TO ALERT USG TO SPECIFIC THREATS REF: KATHMANDU 1096 Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty for reasons 1.4 (b&d) ¶1. (S) On May 25, Post convened an EAC to discuss a specific Maoist threat against U.S. or U.S. supported activities in the Bara/Parsa districts of Nepal. A Maoist commander had voiced the threat to a UNDP Field Security Advisor. The UN did not/not officially share the threat with Post. ¶2. (S) CDA met with UN Resident Coordinator Matthew Kahane (who had been out of Nepal for much of the interim period) on June 24 to express deep concern that the UN had failed to promptly and directly share with the Embassy specific threat information against Americans or activities supported by the U.S. Kahane initially pushed back, noting that the Maoists' distaste for the U.S. and suspicion of USG-funded development activities was common knowledge. He did not, however, dispute that the Bara/Parsa threat was very specific and included terms such as "attack" and "targeting." At the conclusion of the meeting, Kahane expressed his apology for the failure to convey the threat and assured CDA that, in the future, any such threat information will promptly and directly be conveyed to the Embassy. MORIARTY