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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 06KATHMANDU1495 |
CABINET EXPANSION INCLUDES LEFTIST AS DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) Prime Minister GP Koirala named three additional ministers to his Cabinet June 11, including Amik Sherchan, head of the extreme left People's Front Nepal (PFN), as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population. Koirala also appointed Hridayesh Tripathi, General Secretary of [...] |
2006-06-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1504 |
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS; MAOISTS [...] (C) On June 12, the Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by A/DCM and ODC Chief, met with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa to inform him of the USG decision to return Captain Indiver Rana to Nepal from U.S-based training due to our concerns that he was serving in a unit currently facing s [...] |
2006-06-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1505 |
GOVERNMENT SCRAPS TERROR ORDINANCE [...] (C) According to media reports June 12, the Government of Nepal (GON) Council of Ministers decided to scrap the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO), effective immediately. TADO allowed security forces to detain suspected terrorists for up to 360 days without charging them wit [...] |
2006-06-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1510 |
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF TO RETIRE [...] (C) Defense Secretary Bishnu Datta Uprety told A/DCM Shelton June 13 that Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa will take official leave starting August 9 and retire from duty as scheduled on September 9. Uprety said that although other rumors were swirling about as to Thapa's successor [...] |
2006-06-13 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1522 |
HOPE AND CONCERN IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] (C) During a June 6-7 trip to Western Nepal, civil servants, political and business leaders, military officials, and human rights workers all expressed to the Ambassador their continued concern about Maoist activities; their concern was tempered with hope for peace. Surprisingly, and perhaps [...] |
2006-06-14 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MASS MOPS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1529 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED PRIOR TO JUNE 20 CONFERENCE [...] On June 14, Emboff delivered reftel's talking points about the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement to Narayan Pant, Under Secretary for the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Emboff stressed the impo [...] |
2006-06-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1532 |
MAOIST VIOLATIONS OF CODE OF CONDUCT OBSERVED [...] (C) RSO James Gayhart and USAID Director Donald Clark recently traveled separately in eastern and mid-western Nepal, respectively, where they observed widespread violations of the twenty-five point Code of Conduct entered into by the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (Reftel). The Mao [...] |
2006-06-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1533 |
INDIA PLEDGES SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT TO NEPAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat briefed Parliament on June 12 about the 12.6 billion Nepali Rupees (NRs) (USD 177 million) of financial pledges, including budgetary support (ref C), promised by the Government of India (GOI) during the Prime Minister's June 6-9 visit to New Delhi. The pl [...] |
2006-06-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1555 |
MAOISTS CONTINUING TO CONSOLIDATE GAINS [...] (C) NDI's Dominic Cardy (protect) expressed to ADCM on June 15 his concern that the Maoists could simply walk into Kathmandu in the weeks ahead. Cardy said that morning he had met with a Nepali Congress (NC) politico (NFI) who said they planned to offer the Maoists four Ministries: Health, La [...] |
2006-06-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1562 |
PARLIAMENT TAKES FINAL ACTIONS BEFORE RECESS [...] (SBU) On June 15, the Government of Nepal (GON) took further actions to curb the powers of the King. The House of Representative passed a regulation that took away the King's power to appoint the Chief of Army Staff, putting the Nepal Army completely under civilian control. The House also t [...] |
2006-06-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1563 |
PRIME MINISTER AND MAOIST LEADER MEET DURING [...] (S/NF) The Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs advisor told us June 16 that during the first meeting since Prime Minister Koirala resumed the post, Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda agreed earlier in the day on the dissolution of Parliament in about two months but that Parliament would be restor [...] |
2006-06-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1564 |
GOVERNMENT HOLDS DONOR MEETING ON CHILD LABOR, [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, the Government of Nepal's (GON) Minister of Labor and Transport Management (MOLTM) Ramesh Lekhak and MOLTM Secretary Deependra Bickram Thapa requested donor and NGO support for the GON's Master Plan on Child Labor that established a goal of eliminating all child labor [...] |
2006-06-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV EAID ECON KOCI NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1575 |
MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 19, Emboff delivered talking points (Ref A) to Nirmal Kafle in the office of the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about preventing a conference disruption at the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Cres [...] |
2006-06-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IRCE SZ NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1576 |
MAOISTS-PARTY AGREEMENT ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Just one day after a Government-Maoist announcement that summit talks between Maoist leader Prachanda and Prime Minister G.P. Koirala would happen soon (reftel), the two leaders met and Maoist and Party negotiators announced an eight-point agreement on June 16. While the eight points are [...] |
2006-06-19 13:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1577 |
DEMARCHE ON USDA/APHIS STREAMLINED IMPORT [...] (SBU) On June 16, Emboff delivered reftel talking points about APHIS' proposal to establish criteria for more effective approval of imports of certain fruits and vegetables into the U.S. to Ganesh K.C., Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives; Prachanda Man Shrestha, Joint Secretar [...] |
2006-06-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD USDA USTR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1578 |
NEPAL ARMY SHARES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT [...] (C) The Nepal Army (NA) will present its human rights report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva during the upcoming session. The Army is aware that it has problems with human rights abuse and alternates between trying to explain the reasons for violations and trying to addr [...] |
2006-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1582 |
FORMER PM DEUBA COMPLAINS PARTIES LEFT OUT OF [...] (C) On June 19, Charge D'Affaires Larry Schwartz met with former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D), to seek his impression of the eight-point agreement reached between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists on June 16 (Septel). Deuba replied that [...] |
2006-06-20 02:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1596 |
GON OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSMEN EXPLAIN MAOIST [...] (C) During June 15-16 meetings, Government of Nepal (GON) officials and businessmen explained to Emboff how the Maoists go about funding their movement by looting rural banks, "taxing" businesses and organizations and engaging in flagrant extortion by preying on some of the country's poorest p [...] |
2006-06-20 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ECON NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1597 |
SHOCKWAVES FOLLOW EIGHT-POINT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Political party members and commentators have launched a storm of protests against the eight-point agreement Maoist leader Prachanda and Prime Minister G. P. Koirala announced on June 16. While party leaders expressed hope that the agreement might lead to peace, they also expressed disapp [...] |
2006-06-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1614 |
PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA WRITES TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (SBU) On June 21, Post received the following letter to President Bush from Prime Minister G.P. Koirala. In the letter, PM Koirala thanked the President for his May 17 letter of congratulations (reftel), outlined some recent developments in Nepal's government, and expressed a hope for future [...] |
2006-06-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1615 |
MAOISTS PURSUING PARALLEL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) Media recently reported that Maoists have established "People's Courts" in the Kathmandu Valley. A local businessman told Emboff that Maoist People's Courts in Kathmandu had been issuing instructions to businessmen on behalf of workers. In one case, the businessman's friend had paid his [...] |
2006-06-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1617 |
GOVERNMENT TRYING TO WALK BACK THE EIGHT-POINT [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief June 21 that the Government of Nepal (GON) now had to work on "damage control," following the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists (ref A). Chalise agreed with the Ambassad [...] |
2006-06-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1625 |
REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM DRL FOR JULY 19-21 DRL [...] Post plans to send political/economic officer Rodney M. Hunter to attend the DRL conference from July 19-21. Per reftel, Post requests assistance for travel costs to the conference. Approximate return air cost from Kathmandu to Washington is USD 3878. MORIARTY [...] |
2006-06-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OTRA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1629 |
NEPAL ISSUES EXIT PERMITS TO TRANSITING TIBETAN [...] (C) Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), reported to Emboff that, on June 16, the Nepal Department of Immigration (DOI) had requested a list from UNHCR of Tibetan refugees at the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC) who needed exit [...] |
2006-06-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1630 |
GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES ARMS MANAGEMENT NEEDED BEFORE [...] (SBU) Leader of the GON talk team and Home Minister, Krishna Prasad Sitaula stated that an interim government with the Maoists would be formed only after the issue of Maoist arms was resolved. While addressing a meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Pokhara (western Nepal) on June 20, Sitaula [...] |
2006-06-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1649 |
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CITES CONTINUING MAOIST [...] (U) On June 21, the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC), a Nepali human rights group with representation throughout the country, issued a press release expressing serious concern over continuing Maoist human rights violations, despite the Code of Conduct signed between the Maoists and the G [...] |
2006-06-22 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1650 |
SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD [...] (C) Since the signing of the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists, the government and seven-party alliance appear to have realized that unilateral concessions could ultimately result in a Maoist takeover and have since returned to their previous bottom line: the Maoists must lay dow [...] |
2006-06-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1652 |
MAOISTS CREATE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (C) According to local businessmen, Nepal is becoming a less hospitable business environment each day as the political turmoil continues and the possibility of the Maoists entering the government increases. Nepali businessmen assert that the Maoists can not be trusted and many businesses are [...] |
2006-06-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ETRD EINV PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1663 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER SURYA THAPA WORRIED ABOUT THE EIGHT-POINT AGREEMENT AND POSSIBLE MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Surya Bahadur Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) and five-time Prime Minister, condemned the eight-point agreement that Prime Minister G. P. Koirala had signed with Maoist chairman Prachanda on June 16. He stressed that the po [...] |
2006-06-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP PREF |
| 06KATHMANDU1664 |
POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE MAOISTS MUST GIVE UP ARMS [...] (C) On June 22, the Ambassador met separately with Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), and Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan of People's Front Nepal (PFN) to stress that the Maoists must give up arms before they could be [...] |
2006-06-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPKO EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1665 |
COMMERCIAL TURBO PROP AIRCRAFT CRASHES, NO [...] (C) On June 21, a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DH-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed in a failed landing attempt at the remote Jumla airport in western Nepal killing all nine Nepalis on board. Mohan Adhikari, Officiating Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), explained to E [...] |
2006-06-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR CASC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1666 |
DISCONTENTED PARTIES DISCUSS HOW TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) Members of the seven-party alliance (SPA) are meeting to discuss implementation of the eight-point agreement signed with the Maoists on June 16, which they recognize as flawed. During its June 22 discussion, the SPA committed to peace talks as long as party members remained included in [...] |
2006-06-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1667 |
DEPUTY PM: IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING MAOISTS INTO [...] (C) In a June 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli stressed that it would be "quite impossible" to bring the Maoists into the Government of Nepal (GON) before "demobilization and decommissioning" had taken place. During the meeting, Oli excused h [...] |
2006-06-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1678 |
MAOIST CONFUSION REIGNS: INCHING CLOSER TO [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) continues to issue vague statements about Maoist arms and an interim government. Home Minister Krishna Sitaula announced that the Maoists would join the government as soon as the UN started monitoring weapons, explaining that an interim government and arms [...] |
2006-06-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1689 |
AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS HOME MINISTER/CHIEF NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) In a June 27 meeting, the Ambassador cautioned Government of Nepal (GON) chief negotiator and Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula that if the Maoists came into government without committing to give up violence irrevocably and permanently giving up their weapons, the USG would have to cut [...] |
2006-06-27 10:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1692 |
GOVERNMENT WILLING TO SUPPORT SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE [...] (C) On June 23, the Ambassador discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy PM K.P. Oli the seven-nation core group's preparations for a July 14 meeting in New York on Bhutanese refugees (ref A). Oli conveyed the willingness of the Government of Nepal (GON) to accept repatriation, th [...] |
2006-06-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1694 |
CODE OF CONDUCT MONITORING COMMITTEE STARTS WORK [...] (C) On June 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists determined the terms of reference allowing the cease-fire Code of Conduct monitoring committee (also called the National Monitoring Committee) to begin its work. The National Monitoring Committee will form a network of sub-committ [...] |
2006-06-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP PINR |
| 06KATHMANDU1702 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, JUNE 28 [...] (C) Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told Emboff that there were currently 99 Tibetan refugees at the Tibetan Refugee Center (TRC). Of those, 41 were scheduled to depart Kathmandu for India on June 29 with exit permits [...] |
2006-06-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1714 |
JANUARY POLITICAL POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In May 2006, the Asia Foundation and a group called Interdisciplinary Analysts released the results of a poll, "Nepal Contemporary Political Situation -- II," conducted across Nepal in January, which showed that the overwhelming majority of Nepalese thought democracy was right for Nepal. P [...] |
2006-06-29 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU172 |
MAOISTS BOMB CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT BANS GATHERINGS [...] (C) On January 14, the Maoists simultaneously attacked different police posts and government buildings in the Kathmandu Valley, detonating at least three bombs and raiding two police posts, killing at least twelve policemen. In reaction, the government issued a nighttime curfew with "shoot on [...] |
2006-01-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1722 |
EU PRESENTS REASSURING STANCE ON AID [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting, Eduardo Lechuga Jimenez, Acting Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nepal, told the Ambassador that the EU wanted to help the people of Nepal but not finance the Maoist insurgency. Jimenez, clarifying the EU's position (reftel), said that the EU woul [...] |
2006-06-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1725 |
INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) During a June 30 meeting, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee told the Ambassador that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran, following his visit to Thimpu, had sent up a suggestion that the Government of Nepal (GON) allow a small joint verification team (JVT) perhap [...] |
2006-06-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1726 |
MONITORING COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE WHILE [...] (C) The work of the Ceasefire Code of Conduct National Monitoring Committee is proceeding at a far slower pace than it took to reach the eight-point agreement (ref A) that created it. Members of the monitoring committee explained to us that the committee was busy developing its working framew [...] |
2006-06-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1727 |
US-FUNDED FACILITATOR CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) USAID-funded contractor Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador June 29 that he was worried about the lack of progress by the Government of Nepal (GON) in the constitutional drafting committee as well as in establishing the cease fire monitoring committee. Siebert shared the Ambassador's assess [...] |
2006-06-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1731 |
UN PREVIEWS GON REQUEST FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT [...] (C) UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane previewed the eagerly anticipated GON request for support to the United Nations in a briefing for selected countries June 30. Kahane insisted that he could not predict when the UN might receive the letter from the GON, ascribing the delay to dynam [...] |
2006-06-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1744 |
GOVERNMENT FORMALLY REQUESTS UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On July 3, the UN officially received a letter from Prime Minister GP Koirala to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan requesting help with the management and monitoring of Maoist and government arms. The GON declined to publicly disclose the contents of the letter "in the interest of the count [...] |
2006-07-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1745 |
CHINESE UPSET OVER TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) on July 5 refuted the July 4 media reports that it had agreed to the resettlement of 5000 Tibetan refugees to the United States. Media had reported that the PRC had expressed concern to K.P. Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, over the [...] |
2006-07-05 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1755 |
PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister GP Koirala was admitted to the Martyr Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu late on July 3 following respiratory difficulties. Dr. Madhu Ghimire, Koirala's personal physician, announced at a midnight press briefing that the Prime Minister had pneumonia in the lower [...] |
2006-07-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1757 |
PRACHANDA SAYS WEAPONS WILL NOT BE DECOMMISSIONED [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's June 28 speech and subsequent public remarks on July 1, Prachanda gave a TV interview July 3 in which he stated that the Maoists would not give up arms before joining an interim government. In a somewhat contradictory July 3 press statement, he issued a directiv [...] |
2006-07-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1784 |
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS -- A LONG AND [...] (C) On July 5, a team visiting from the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) told Charge and Emboffs that ideal election preparations to a constituent assembly would likely take at least one year from the time the Government of Nepal (GON) begins planning. The IFES team conced [...] |
2006-07-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1785 |
CODE OF CONDUCT MONITORING COMMITTEE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) On July 7, Charge met with Birendra Mishra, Coordinator of the National Monitoring Committee on Code of Conduct for Ceasefire (NMCC), to discuss the future plans of the NMCC and its role in peace negotiations. Mishra said that the committee, set up in the Peace Secretariat since just July [...] |
2006-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1786 |
NEPAL POLICE READY FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL [...] (C) Maoists have decimated Nepal Police posts in most parts of the country and forced most police personnel to move into district headquarters. There has been no government security presence in most rural areas during the last few years of the Maoist insurgency. In addition, foreign assistan [...] |
2006-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1794 |
NEPAL ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C/NF) The GON shared with Post a copy of Prime Minister Koirala's letter requesting assistance from the United Nations (full text in para. 5) and asked for our support in getting the UN to give a prompt, positive response. The GON is worried that India is opposing UN action. According to th [...] |
2006-07-10 10:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1795 |
CRIME ON THE RISE IN KATHMANDU VALLEY? [...] (C) Leading dailies have recently been reporting an upsurge of criminal activity in Kathmandu (ref A). However, according to police sources, despite the press reports, crime, and robbery in particular, have actually been decreasing in Kathmandu Valley. Keshab Adhikari, Superintendent of Poli [...] |
2006-07-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1796 |
PRC APPLYING UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURE ON UNHCR [...] (C) Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal (UNHCR), told Emboff that on July 7, the PRC Embassy sent a diplomatic note to UNHCR requesting that UNHCR not provide assistance to a group of 16 Tibetans who had crossed the border [...] |
2006-07-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1797 |
NEPAL'S "STATE OF THE UNION" IMPRESSES FEW [...] (C) On July 9, Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli presented to Parliament the Government of Nepal's (GON) annual policy and program statement for the 2006-2007 fiscal year (full text emailed to SCA/INS). (Note: The Nepali fiscal year runs from July 15 - July 14. End Note.) The statement to Parli [...] |
2006-07-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1799 |
RESIGNATION OF COMISSIONERS AFTER PRESSURE [...] (C) The Commissioners of the Election Commission (EC) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) tendered their resignations on July 9 after intense pressure from members of Parliament. Political party leaders conceded the Maoists had been pressing for the resignations of the Commissioner [...] |
2006-07-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1806 |
MAOIST DEPUTY: NO SURRENDER OF ARMS BEFORE [...] (U) The Maoists are publicly emphasizing their opposition to decommissioning their weapons before constituent assembly elections, despite increasing public pressure to do so. During a July 10 media interview, Maoist number two in command Baburam Bhattarai stated, "let everybody be clear -- we' [...] |
2006-07-11 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1816 |
CALL FOR HOME MINISTER'S RESIGNATION BY HIS OWN [...] (C) Media reports indicated that on July 10, Nepali Congress (NC) Members of Parliament demanded the resignation of Krishna Sitaula, Home Minister and Chief of the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiation team with the Maoists. The demand came during a meeting of the NC parliamentary committee [...] |
2006-07-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1828 |
FORMER PM DEUBA URGES "OUTSIDERS" TO HELP NEPAL [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting, Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba told CDA that the Government of Nepal (GON) seemed to be in a hurry to make concessions to the Maoists. Deuba expressed concern that the GON was going to forfeit its gains, suc [...] |
2006-07-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1841 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] On July 12, Emboff delivered reftel's talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary in the Europe/Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating our strong condemnation of the North Korean missile launch and the serious threat it poses to the region and to the international [...] |
2006-07-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP KN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1865 |
UML GENERAL SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT WAY FORWARD [...] (C) During a July 12 meeting, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal told CDA he was worried about the way forward in the peace process. MK Nepal lamented the ground already lost to the Maoists in the eight-point agreement (ref A). He stressed the importance of achieving a consensus wi [...] |
2006-07-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1866 |
PEACE SECRETARIAT STRAINING TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met July 10 with Vidya Dhar Mallik, Secretary of the Peace Secretariat, to discuss the role the SIPDIS Secretariat was playing in the peace process and the SIPDIS Secretariat's plans for the future. The Secretariat is SIPDIS currently supporting four important commit [...] |
2006-07-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1867 |
TWO PAKISTANIS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU: ALLEGED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU190 |
NOMINATION FOR APRIL 3-14 POLITICAL TRAINING FOR [...] Post nominates Tisa Lacoul Shrestha for the April 3-14 political training course for LES/FSNs who work in political sections. The requested information is below. Tisa Lacoul Shrestha Grade: FSN 7-4 Length of Service: 3 1/2 years English language ability: excellent Time spent in the U.S.: [...] |
2006-01-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AFSN AMGT PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1906 |
NEPAL'S ECONOMIC SURVEY DEPICTS DISMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat recently presented to Parliament Nepal's annual Economic Survey Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006, which highlighted decreases in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the agricultural sector and a rise in inflation. A nominal increase in per capita income [...] |
2006-07-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1908 |
CONFUSION MOUNTS OVER INTERIM PARLIAMENT; MORE [...] (C) Informal talks July 14 between leaders of the two largest parties of the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists set the stage for agreement between the GON/Maoist negotiation teams to hold the next talks on July 21. The July 14 talks among the Nepali Congress (NC), the CPN-UML, and Maoists [...] |
2006-07-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1917 |
MAOISTS "DECLARE WAR" AGAINST SPLINTER GROUP [...] (SBU) According to press reports, on July 17, Matrika Yadav, Maoist Central Committee member and Chairman of the Maoist-affiliated Madheshi Rastriya Mukti Morcha, "declared war" against the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM - People's Terai Liberation Front), a Maoist splinter group based [...] |
2006-07-18 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1918 |
PAKISTANIS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU REPORTEDLY HAVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1920 |
NEPAL'S ANNUAL BUDGET HEAVY ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On July 12, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat presented to Parliament the Government of Nepal's (GON) USD 1.97 billion annual budget for FY 2006/07, which was 28 percent higher than in FY 2005/06 (Note: Nepal's fiscal year runs from July 15, 2006 - July 14, 2007. End Note). Mahat said the [...] |
2006-07-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1925 |
TASK FORCE TO PRESENT UNIFIED VOICE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) On July 18, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) formed a 20-member task force to incorporate the differing opinions of the political party leaders into a unified agenda for the July 21 talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiation teams. Nepal Sadbhavana Party - Anandi De [...] |
2006-07-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1966 |
POLITICAL LEADERS TOUGHEN ATTITUDE ABOUT ARMS [...] (C) In separate meetings with CDA on July 19 and 20, Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President Sushil Koirala, Speaker of the House and CPN-UML Central Committee member Subash Nemwang, and Nepal Workers and Peasants' Party (NWPP) Chairman Narayan Man Bijukchhe expressed increasingly hardline positi [...] |
2006-07-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1974 |
DEMARCHE ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EU AORC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1976 |
MK NEPAL DECRIES SLOW ARMS MANAGEMENT, PEACE [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with CDA, CPN-UML Secretary General Madhav Kumar Nepal complained about the sluggishness in decision-making about managing Maoist and Nepal Army weapons, the interim constitution, the interim government, and the inability of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and GON to a [...] |
2006-07-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1982 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: JULY 25 [...] (C) Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal (UNHCR), told Emboff that the 16 Tibetans who were the subject of PRC pressure in early July (reftel) left Nepal on July 24 and arrived in India on July 25. The Government of Nepal [...] |
2006-07-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1983 |
HOME MINISTER SITAULA: NO DECISIONS BEFORE UN [...] (C) On July 24, Home Minister and GON negotiation team leader Krishna Sitaula told DCM that the GON and the Maoists would agree on an arms management strategy after meeting with the UN assessment team, scheduled to arrive on July 26. Home Minister Sitaula assured DCM that the Maoists would no [...] |
2006-07-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1984 |
PRACHANDA STRIKES OUT AGAINST MAOIST-ONLY [...] (C) Maoist Supremo Prachanda sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan July 24 protesting that the Government of Nepal (GON) had sent its July 2 request for assistance (ref A) to the UN without consulting the Maoists. The Maoist letter denounced the GON letter for refe [...] |
2006-07-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU199 |
AMBASSADOR SUGGESTS HMGN POSTPONE MUNICIPAL [...] (C) In separate meetings on January 18 with Home Minister Kamal Thapa, Vice-Chairman Tulsi Giri, and Vice-Chairman Kirti Nidhi Bista, and in a January 19 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador pushed for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to postpone the munici [...] |
2006-01-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1993 |
FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON JULY 14 CORE GROUP [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli to give a read-out of the July 14 Core Group meeting and to confirm points on Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees (reftel). Oli confirmed the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to allow resettlement of t [...] |
2006-07-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU1994 |
DEPUTY PM SHERCHAN: ARMS MANAGEMENT A SECONDARY [...] (C) On July 25, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Amik Sherchan told DCM that the issue of the management of Maoist arms was secondary to resolving the wider political conflict. Deputy PM Sherchan said that the GON and Maoists had reached a bottleneck over the matter of Nepal Army [...] |
2006-07-26 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU200 |
GOVERNMENT ARRESTS POLITICAL PARTY AND CIVIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the January 20 mass protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent, the government cut phone services and arrested political party and ci [...] |
2006-01-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2003 |
NEPAL PARLIAMENT POISED TO RATIFY ROME STATUTE [...] (C) On July 25 the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution directing the Government of Nepal (GON) to ratify the Rome Statute to become a member of the International Criminal Court. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs K.P. Oli pledged that the GON would rati [...] |
2006-07-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2004 |
GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS WRANGLE FOR CONTROL OF [...] (C) On July 25, Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister GP Koirala's foreign relations adviser, told DCM that the Government of Nepal (GON) was uncertain as to what the Maoists wanted out of the peace process. He accused Maoist Chairman Prachanda of objecting to the spirit of the June 16 eight-point [...] |
2006-07-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2007 |
FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A STRONG LINE AGAINST THE [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli to discuss the current situation in Nepal. Oli complained that he had been blasted from both within and without the government for his hard stance against the Maoists. Oli also expressed concern about [...] |
2006-07-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2019 |
DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2028 |
PRC VFM SAYS CHINA AND THE U.S. SHARE A COMMON [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with PRC visiting Vice Foreign Minister Wu Tawei, Ambassador Moriarty stressed the importance of a unified approach to the Maoist issue in Nepal. Wu shared the Ambassador's perspective that the PRC and the U.S. must work together to assist Nepal during this time of tr [...] |
2006-07-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2030 |
MAOIST ARMS ISSUE MUST BE SOLVED FIRST, CPN-UML [...] (C) On July 27 the Ambassador met separately with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and Speaker of the House Subash Nemwang (also CPN-UML) to discuss what the Government of Nepal could do to resolve the arms management issue. Both interlocutors agreed that the issue of Maoist arms h [...] |
2006-07-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2045 |
NEPAL PLANS TO SEND REP TO FORCE GENERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU205 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) On January 17, the Ambassador met with Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. As Norway was the current chair of the Bhutanese resettlement countries group, Toreng explained, he is actively engaging with Foreign Minister Pandey on the Bhutanese refugee is [...] |
2006-01-20 07:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2087 |
NEPAL: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following response, keyed to ref A, regarding high-level Nepali attendance and requests for meetings at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA). We will provide additional details as they become available: A. King Gyanendra will not atend the UNGA. (Note: The King rema [...] |
2006-08-01 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2088 |
WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 25-28 visit of Representative Jim Kolbe, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs of the House Appropriations Committee (HACFO), along with Representatives Fred Upton, Brian Baird, Ander Crensha [...] |
2006-08-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2089 |
NEPAL ARMY TORTURES NEPAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On July 29, dozens of soldiers from the Nepal Army's Bhairabnath Battalion in Kathmandu surrounded a local police station, abducted three police officers by force, and then allegedly beat and tortured the police officers in the battalion's barracks. The Bhairabnath Battalion is the same u [...] |
2006-08-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2097 |
NEPAL: U.S. AND INDIA READING FROM THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) In an August 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee indicated that the Government of India (GOI) was moving in unison with the U.S. on Nepal policy, insisting that the Maoists give up their weapons before entering an interim government. Mukherjee also [...] |
2006-08-02 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU21 |
NEPAL WOOD PACKAGING EXPORT REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph two. NEPAL SEEKS WAIVER OF WOOD PACKAGING EXPORT PROVISION --------------------------------------------- -------- 2. (U) Post requests Department guidance to reply to the diplomatic note below from His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) requ [...] |
2006-01-04 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD NP |
| 06KATHMANDU211 |
CITY QUIET DURING CURFEW, BUT PARTIES STILL [...] (SBU) The January 20 government-called curfew from 0800 to 1800 inside the ring road in Kathmandu and Lalitpur was strictly observed. The city was quiet and the seven-party alliance was unable to hold its planned mass demonstration against the King. INSEC, a reputed human rights NGO, report [...] |
2006-01-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2110 |
NEPAL'S KING REMAINS ISOLATED [...] (C) King Gyanendra's confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador on August 3 that popular animosity against the King had not died down since the April "People's Movement." Rana had suggested in vain that the King give his testimony to the high-level Rayamajhi Commission. Rana denied that the [...] |
2006-08-04 10:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU212 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) On January 19, the Ambassador raised the issue of UN reform with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey drawing on ref A's points on management reform and the Human Rights Council. FM Pandey also asked about UN Security Council expansion. Pandey indicated that Nepal agreed with the U.S. in [...] |
2006-01-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU213 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR RNA COL. [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Colonel Sudhir Shrestha of the Royal Nepalese Army, as of this date. Post has notified requesting agency. MORIARTY [...] |
2006-01-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2130 |
NEPALI CONGRESS-DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) During an August 1 meeting with Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Spokesperson Minendra Rijal and Central Committee Member Prakash Sharan Mahat, the Ambassador expressed his concern about the Maoists' expanded influence and stressed to the NC-D leaders that th [...] |
2006-08-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU214 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR RNA COL. [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Colonel Pramod Kumar Lama of the Royal Nepalese Army, as of this date. Post has notified requesting agency. MORIARTY [...] |
2006-01-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2140 |
WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 12-14 visit of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman and Mrs. Specter and staff to Kathmandu. 2. (SBU) Overall control officer for this delegation will be Political/Economic Section Chief Bill Martin. He can be reached 24/7 via the Embassy s [...] |
2006-08-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2142 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU215 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR LTC HIRA [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Lieutenant Colonel Hira Lal Joshi of the Royal Nepalese Army, or Senior Superintendent of Armed Police Lakshmi Prasad Bashyal, as of this date. Post has notified requesting a [...] |
2006-01-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2152 |
MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG [...] (C) On August 7, a group of five individuals associated with the Magar National Liberation Front, an organization associated with the Maoists, appeared at the Chancery and delivered a letter to the U.S. President. The letter demanded that the USG remove the terrorist tag on the Maoists and st [...] |
2006-08-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2153 |
NEPAL'S DEPUTY PM REQUESTS UNGA MEETING WITH [...] (C) On August 7, Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet conveyed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs K.P. Oli's request to meet President Bush during Oli's planned visit to the U.S. in mid-September (ref A) for the UN General Assembly (UNGA)(the Deputy PM was ill so Basnet [...] |
2006-08-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2154 |
ARMS MANAGEMENT STILL KEY ISSUE BUT TEMPORIZING [...] (C) Since the August 3 departure of the UN assessment mission without a deal on arms management, the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiating teams have struggled to reach an agreement. Neither party wants to be blamed for missing this opportunity for peace. According to at least one [...] |
2006-08-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU216 |
LETTER ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES FROM A/S ROCCA [...] (C) On January 19, the Ambassador delivered A/S Rocca's letter on Bhutanese refugees to Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey. The Ambassador explained that the USG supported Nepal's efforts to set a firm time table to engage with the RGOB to resolve the issue. The Ambassador also urged the Fo [...] |
2006-01-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2165 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING PROPOSED UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-09 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2166 |
GON AND MAOISTS KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD [...] (U) Nepali media have reported that negotiations between the GON and Nepal's Maoists on August 9 resulted in an agreed letter to the United Nations signed by Prime Minister G.P. Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda. In a joint press conference, the two announced agreement on a 5 point request [...] |
2006-08-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2167 |
NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 12-14 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (C) Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. The country is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader Prachanda signed a [...] |
2006-08-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU217 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES HMGN TO ISSUE EXIT PERMITS TO [...] (C) In a January 18 meeting with Home Minister Kamal Thapa and a January 19 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador urged His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to issue exit permits to the transiting Tibetan refugees. Thapa replied that he expected to receive a sta [...] |
2006-01-20 09:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TB NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2173 |
WELCOME MESSAGE FOR STAFFDEL FORSYTH [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 23-26 visit of Minority Deputy Chief Counsel of the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) Bart Forsyth, along with Democratic Deputy Staff Director Peter Yeo, Democratic Professional Staff Member David Killion, and Staff Associate Tod [...] |
2006-08-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2174 |
REACTIONS TO GOVERNMENT-MAOIST AGREEMENT VARY [...] (C) Reactions to the August 9 agreement between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists outlining ideas for future United Nations (UN) involvement in Nepal's peace process (reftel) have varied. Political parties disagreed on whether the agreement was good or bad for the peace process, a [...] |
2006-08-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2178 |
PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2179 |
REVISED NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 12-14 VISIT [...] Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. The country is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader Prachanda signed a join [...] |
2006-08-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2187 |
NEPAL: SENATOR SPECTER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Senator Arlen Specter met with Government of Nepal (GON) officials on August 13 to gain insight into Nepal's political situation and to remind the GON of the USG's continuing support in its move toward democracy. The GON representatives stressed their commitment not to allow the Maoists [...] |
2006-08-14 01:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2188 |
PRIME MINISTER TAKES A STRONG STANCE ON MAOISTS [...] (C) A spry Prime Minister Koirala thanked Senator Specter for continued support, explaining that United States financial assistance had helped stabilize the government. Koirala stressed his strong support of democracy, and emphasized that unless the Maoists gave up their weapons they could not [...] |
2006-08-14 01:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2195 |
NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-28 VISIT OF CODEL [...] Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. Many in the country hope that Nepal is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader [...] |
2006-08-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2198 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW LISTINGS BY UN 1267 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2203 |
INDIANS WANT TO WORK WITH US ON UN PRESENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 14 conversation with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee expressed Indian support for an expanded UN presence in Nepal, as long as the UN Security Council did not have to authorize that revised role. Mukherjee believed that the GON gave in to all Maoist demands in the [...] |
2006-08-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2204 |
NEPAL GOVERNMENT'S TEMERITY PUTS INDIAN CONSULATE [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador August 14 that government forces had done little earlier that day to protect the Indian Consulate in Birgunj against a group of hostile demonstrators. Not until Mukherjee threatened to cancel India's assistance program did the police attempt [...] |
2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2205 |
NEPALI PM OKAYS NON-LETHAL EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) The Ambassador asked PM Koirala on August 13 whether the Prime Minister would approve delivery of Nepal's U.S.-financed Excess Defense Articles (EDA). Koirala replied, "Yes, please go ahead with that non-lethal equipment." 2. (C) This agreement to accept the EDA also solves a transpor [...] |
2006-08-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU223 |
41 TIBETANS ARRESTED AND RELEASED [...] (SBU) On January 22, Nepali police arrested forty-one Tibetans at Thankot, the main entry point for the Kathmandu valley. (Note: This checkpoint was the site of a high profile Maoist attack on January 14. Reftel. End note.) The group of Tibetans were returning to Kathmandu, en route to Tibe [...] |
2006-01-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2251 |
(C/NF) NEPAL'S FINANCIAL SITUATION AND CAPITAL [...] (C) The continuing extortion and intimidation of businesses in Nepal by the Maoists has created a significant problem for foreign- and Nepali-owned businesses in Nepal. Maoist activities against business have continued despite the cease-fire Code of Conduct. This threat has caused many busine [...] |
2006-08-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2253 |
UN TEAM EXPECTED IN KATHMANDU BY SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) UNDP Resident Representative Mathew Kahane told DCM August 18 that a small UN team will arrive in Kathmandu by September 1 to start work on the 5-point GON/Maoist request to the UN for assistance (ref A). Kahane said that the five-person team would include representatives of UN technical [...] |
2006-08-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2254 |
ARREST OF INDIAN GANG LEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG SOCI PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2255 |
NEPAL SUPPORTS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador explained the U.S. position on UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1701 on Lebanon to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Oli on August 17. A senior Nepali Foreign Ministry (MFA) official told us August 18 that Nepal completely supports the resolution. Acco [...] |
2006-08-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2256 |
ARREST OF INDIAN GANG LEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG SOCI PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2257 |
ARREST OF INDIAN GANG LEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 01:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG SOCI PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2268 |
GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN AFTER PROTESTS OVER [...] (C) The poorly handled attempt by the Government of Nepal (GON) on August 18 to bring its subsidized rates for petroleum products more in line with world prices ended with a complete reversal on August 20. Street protests in the 10-20,000 person range in Kathmandu on August 19 and 20 compelle [...] |
2006-08-21 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ECON NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2269 |
OHCHR ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN NEPAL [...] The work of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR) has been effective and useful for Post's reporting. The office in Kathmandu is the largest UN human rights presence anywhere (ref A). OHCHR has played an active role in monitoring various aspects [...] |
2006-08-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2270 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: LISTS 78 AND 79 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU228 |
PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...] |
2006-01-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2281 |
CLEAR PUBLIC MESSAGE ON ARMS MANAGEMENT FROM PRIME [...] (C) On August 21 former Prime Minister and Rastriya Janashaki Party founder Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador that the issue of Maoist arms management "will decide everything." Thapa stressed that the Prime Minister needed to publicly and clearly explain why the Maoists could not [...] |
2006-08-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2284 |
NEPAL: PUSHING BACK THE MAOIST TIDE [...] (C) We are reaching the crunch point in Nepal. Four months after Nepal's people's movement uprising, the Maoists appear intent on intimidating their way into power. Till now, the Seven Party Alliance government appears to have been more worried about alienating the Maoists than about preservi [...] |
2006-08-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2286 |
NEPAL'S PETROLEUM CRISIS NOT YET SOLVED [...] (C) Nepali Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador August 21 the Government of Nepal (GON) had mishandled its attempt to abolish most of the subsidies on petroleum products. He expressed regret that it had not been possible to retain at least some portion of the price increase. Mahat said [...] |
2006-08-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ECON MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU232 |
GOVERNMENT AND PARTIES NERVOUS, BUT UNBENDING [...] (C) During the evening of January 23, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) withdrew the curfew in effect in Kathmandu and Lalitpur, which it had put in place on January 16 (ref A), restored cellphone service, and once again allowed political activity and demonstrations in much of Kathmandu [...] |
2006-01-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2335 |
NEPALI INTERIM CONSTITUTION STILL HAS GAPS [...] (C) The committee of party and Maoist-affiliated representatives tasked with preparing an interim constitution for Nepal presented its draft to the Government and Maoist peace negotiating teams on August 25. The Interim Constitution Drafting Committee (ICDC) took a little more than two months [...] |
2006-08-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2340 |
PEACE PROCESS MAKES PROGRESS - SLOWLY [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Olivier told the Ambassador August 24 that the peace process in Nepal seemed to be making progress. Nonetheless, Olivier said that the Maoists continued to exert pressure on the Prime Minister to dissolve the Parliament. He reported that the Maoists had [...] |
2006-08-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2343 |
CODEL KOLBE PUSHES FOR SOLUTION FOR BHUTANESE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to CODEL Kolbe on August 25 that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) and the Government of Nepal (GON) should give bilateral talks one more chance, even though the last 15 rounds of talks have been unsuccessful. During a sub [...] |
2006-08-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2344 |
MAOIST INFLUENCE STRONG IN CENTRAL NEPAL [...] (C) During an August 24 dinner with House International Relations Committee Staffdel Forsyth, Deputy Inspector General of Police in Pokhara (central Nepal) Ramesh Kumar Shrestha told Emboff that the Maoists could do "more or less whatever they want" in and around the city of Pokhara. Shrestha [...] |
2006-08-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2345 |
PM KOIRALA SEES UN AS THE PANACEA [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Prime Minister Koirala told House Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Kolbe that the United Nations would solve Nepal's problems and help to bring a lasting peace. The PM indicated that he would continue to hold the line against allowing the Maoists into [...] |
2006-08-30 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2346 |
NEPAL TO SEND PKO FORCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) The cabinet of the Government of Nepal (GON) decided on August 29 to send a batallion of soldiers to Lebanon to join the UN peacekeeping force. Brigadier General Chand, Director of Public Relations for the Nepal Army, told the Defense Attache that there could be up to 860 soldiers sent to [...] |
2006-08-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNIFIL IS LE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2348 |
NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY UNDER NO ILLUSIONS [...] (C) On August 29, the UN Secretary General's newly appointed special envoy, Ian Martin, told the Ambassador he was under no illusions about the difficulty of bridging the differences between the Government and the Maoists on the key question of managing Maoist arms. Martin stated that he was [...] |
2006-08-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2349 |
GON STRUGGLES WITH MAOIST CHALLENGE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told DCM August 29 that the GON is acutely aware of stepped-up Maoist presence in Nepal's urban centers and the deteriorating law and order situation throughout the country. He said that the GON was trying to bind the Maoist ins [...] |
2006-08-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2363 |
CODEL KOLBE STRESSES ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) During their August 25-28 visit, a four-member Congressional delegation led by Jim Kolbe, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, stressed to the Government of Nepal (GON) that arms management must occur before Maoists could be allowed into the government. [...] |
2006-08-31 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2364 |
AMBASSADOR URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (S) The Ambassador made the case for continued UK political engagement in Nepal in an August 29 meeting with the new British Ambassador. The Ambassador explained why he did not believe a Maoist victory was inevitable. UK Ambassador Hall expressed concern that nothing be done to impede the pe [...] |
2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2390 |
TIBETAN UPDATE, AUGUST 31 [...] (C) According to Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer at the Kathmandu Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there were 105 transiting Tibetan refugees housed in the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC) as of August 31. There were 185 new arrivals and 126 dep [...] |
2006-09-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2391 |
NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY TO THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2405 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2418 |
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP CONDEMNS MAOIST ACTIONS [...] (C) The Industrial Security Group (ISG), which brings together key Embassies, bilateral Chambers of Commerce and industry associations (with the U.S. Embassy as Acting Chair), issued a strong condemnation of Maoist extortion and other threats after an ISG meeting on September 5. Participants w [...] |
2006-09-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2422 |
NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2423 |
NEPAL: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06KATHMANDU2424 |
NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES IN THE WAR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2425 |
MAOIST LEADERSHIP RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE; SAYS [...] (C) The leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has decided after its recent Central Committee meeting to increase its pressure on the Government of Nepal. The most striking result of the August 27-31 meeting was the leaders' announcements September 2 and 3 that Maoist combatants w [...] |
2006-09-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2434 |
PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO APPOINT NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador September 7 that Prime Minister Koirala is probably going to appoint a new Home Minister. Siebert expects incumbent Home Minister Sitaula to keep his position on the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team with Koi [...] |
2006-09-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU244 |
MAOIST DEPUTY DEFENDS VIOLENCE TO END AUTOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Maoist Deputy Baburam Bhattarai published an article in the January 18 issue of Budhabaar, a Nepali-language weekly (mouthpiece of CPN-UML, a major party of the seven-party alliance) with a circulation of about 10,000, explaining that the Maoists intended to use armed struggle to accompl [...] |
2006-01-25 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU245 |
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WESTERN NEPAL; ELECTION [...] (C) Heavy fighting occurred when Maoist rebels attacked Nepalese security forces the evening of January 24 in the western border town of Nepalgunj. Reports indicated that fighting started around 8:15 pm local time and continued until approximately 10:00 pm. According to the press, there were [...] |
2006-01-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2457 |
NEPAL KEEN FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT [...] (C) During a September 8 meeting with heads of diplomatic missions, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs K.P. Oli requested that the diplomatic community support Nepal's candidacy for a non-permanent member seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2007-2008. The [...] |
2006-09-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2458 |
NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2461 |
PRIME MINISTER TO ACT AGAINST MAOISTS IN TWO WEEKS [...] (C) In a meeting on September 10, the Ambassador told Prime Minister Koirala that the Government of Nepal (GON) was losing control of the country. The Maoists were acting with impunity and they clearly assumed the GON would do nothing. PM (and Nepali Congress Party chief) Koirala responded tha [...] |
2006-09-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2463 |
DPM OLI WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE [...] (C) After listening to DPM/Foreign Minister Oli's pitch to the diplomatic community for support for Nepal's bid for a UNSC rotating seat on September 8 (reftel), I asked for a few minutes of Oli's time. In a subsequent one-on-one meeting, I told Oli that the GON was losing the country to the [...] |
2006-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU247 |
MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Fourteen percent of the total number of voters in Nepal live in the 58 municipalities. Voters must be at least 18 and candidates must be at least 21. In the 58 municipalities where February 8 elections are scheduled for over 4,000 seats, depending on population, there are between nine a [...] |
2006-01-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2478 |
MAOIST MILITIA AND NEPAL POLICE CLASH OVER [...] (C) OHCHR told us on September 12 that the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists had decided to pursue the idea of a joint deployment of Nepal Police and Maoist Militia forces to provide security at the Bhutanese refugee camps in Jhapa District (southeastern Nepal). OHCHR said this was d [...] |
2006-09-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2479 |
NEPAL: OHCHR AND NHRC PRESS MAOISTS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On September 11, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal sent a document to the Maoists demanding that they stop human rights abuses and fulfill their commitments in the peace process. The document focused on Maoist killings, abductions, tortur [...] |
2006-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2488 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: CANDIDATES FOR TRANCHE II OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2489 |
NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2491 |
MAOISTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES [...] (C) On September 13, the Maoists called a nationwide traffic strike to protest an alleged shipment of weapons from India to the Nepal Army in violation of the government-Maoist cease-fire Code of Conduct. The Government of Nepal (GON) denied these allegations. It said that no weapons had ent [...] |
2006-09-13 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2495 |
UN REP MARTIN WAITING FOR COALITION TO AGREE ON [...] (C) Ian Martin, UN Secretary General Annan's personal representative for the peace process, told the DCM September 11 that in spite of their rhetoric, the Maoists were prepared to move ahead. He remarked that they had recently hammered out a unified position and had taken steps to ensure their [...] |
2006-09-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2518 |
STUDENT POLITICS IN NEPAL: NOT YOUR COLLEGE [...] (C) Student organizations - the starting point for many Nepalese leaders - have been instrumental in stimulating political change during the past 60 years. Students have been able to operate when and where mainstream politicians could not. Student organizations were the legal arms of politi [...] |
2006-09-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU252 |
CPN-UML PARTY LEADER WORRIED [...] (C) UML leader MK Nepal, who remains under house arrest, welcomed the Ambassador's visit to his home on January 25. He claimed he had not been in touch with UML party cadre or Maoists recently. MK Nepal speculated that Maoist second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai was making strong statements to [...] |
2006-01-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2523 |
BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2524 |
NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) On September 13, the DCM chaired a meeting of Post's avian influenza working group. There have still been no confirmed human or bird cases of avian influenza (AI) in Nepal. The Embassy website is updated with the latest AI fact sheet and the country team has distributed pandemic influe [...] |
2006-09-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSCA SOCI PREL WHO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2538 |
CALL FOR SEVEN-PARTY ALLIANCE UNITY RECEIVES WEAK [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal on September 16 to deliver a message: unity among the seven politica [...] |
2006-09-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2539 |
MAOISTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING URBAN REVOLUTION IN [...] (C/NF) On September 12, Chauyen Lai Shrestha, member of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party and assistant to Prime Minister Koirala's daughter, passed two Nepali-language documents to the Embassy. The documents, which appear to reflect the results of the recent Maoist Central Committee meeting, ou [...] |
2006-09-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU254 |
NEPAL-WIDE GENERAL STRIKE WIDELY OBSERVED; [...] (C) The January 26 general strike/closure (bandh) of all of Nepal called by the Parties to protest against the King and the upcoming February 8 municipal elections was widely observed. In Kathmandu and Patan, few vehicles were on the roads and most shops and businesses were closed (although s [...] |
2006-01-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU255 |
RNA WORRIED THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO CONSENSUS ON HOW [...] (C) On January 20, Lt. General Katawal, Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Chief of General Staff, told the Ambassador he was worried that the government did not have a unified strategy for tackling the Maoist insurgency. Katawal reiterated that there was no purely military solution to the insurgency [...] |
2006-01-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2551 |
WORLD BANK REP TRIES TO ENGAGE MAOISTS [...] (C) On September 15, World Bank (WB) Country Representative Ken Ohashi told Emboff that he had requested a meeting with the Maoists' 20-member economic advisory committee, but was rebutted. Frustrated with the Government of Nepal (GON), Ohashi suggested the Maoists should be allowed to run a [...] |
2006-09-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2557 |
NEWLY APPOINTED ARMY CHIEF STILL FACING HUMAN [...] (C) PM Koirala swore in Rookmangud Katawal as the new Chief of Army Staff on September 18. Katawal, who has repeatedly affirmed his intention to loyally serve the democratic Government of Nepal (GON) received cabinet approval on September 5. The government's decision came in the face of com [...] |
2006-09-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2558 |
INDIAN AMBASSADOR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) In a meeting on September 18, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that he had heard that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Koirala and Prachanda had been successful. Two-on-two talks were planned, he said for September 26, 27 and 28 between the Government of Nepal (GON [...] |
2006-09-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MARR IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2573 |
PM TELLS AMBASSADOR: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala and Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told the Ambassador September 21 that the Government of Nepal had to give the Maoists every chance to make peace. Maoist Supremo Prachanda had accepted the PM's demand in a meeting September 17 that Maoist arms management would h [...] |
2006-09-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2587 |
CRUNCH TIME IN NEPAL? [...] (S/NF) It looks like we're getting to crunch time here in Nepal. The Maoists are still stringing along talks with the GON, hoping that the GON will follow up on its past four months of unilateral concessions by caving in and allowing an armed Maoist movement into an interim government. The Prime [...] |
2006-09-22 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2589 |
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSERTS MINISTRY'S CONTROL OF [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Secretary Upreti invited Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief to a meeting on September 18 to learn more about U.S.- Nepal security assistance and agreements. ODC Chief emphasized U.S. security assistance hinged on the promotion of human rights. He asked if the M [...] |
2006-09-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2590 |
FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...] |
2006-09-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2596 |
ECONOMIC GROWTH UNLIKELY UNTIL RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Nepal, two INR economic analysts gained insight into Nepal's poor economic state. Industrialists in Kathmandu and the key border town of Birgunj explained how Maoist extortion and the activities of Maoist-affiliated trade unions had greatly disrupted their enterp [...] |
2006-09-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2597 |
NEPAL: THREE VULNERABLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES LEAVING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS CA BT NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2598 |
PARTIAL PEACE DEAL POSSIBLE BEFORE DASHAIN? [...] (C) On September 22, peace facilitator Hannes Siebert and UN Secretary General Annan's representative to the peace process Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were getting closer to agreement on several of the key peace documents. There were also, they [...] |
2006-09-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU26 |
BIMSTEC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT CLOSER TO [...] (U) According to Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of Nepal's delegation to the 8th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting on December 19, representatives from member states made important decisions th [...] |
2006-01-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO BEXP EINV ETRD NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2619 |
CHINESE AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador September 26, Chinese Ambassador Sun denied that China supported the entry of the Maoists with their arms into an interim Nepali government. To the contrary, the PRC still had a Maoist no-contact policy in place. Sun stated that China's key interest in Nepa [...] |
2006-09-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CX NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2620 |
AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES SERIOUSNESS OF SITUATION [...] (C) During a September 25 meeting with the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dr. Kim Howells and British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, the Ambassador strongly reinforced the need for the separation of Maoists from their weapons. The Ambassador stated that he thought [...] |
2006-09-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2625 |
BUCKING UP THE PARTIES ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) According to various sources, Home Minister and chief Government of Nepal (GON) negotiator Krishna Sitaula is pushing his Seven Party Alliance (SPA) colleagues, including Prime Minister Koirala, to accept a deal that brings the Maoists into an interim government quickly without dealing wi [...] |
2006-09-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2634 |
AMBASSADOR TELLS DANISH AMBASSADOR AND VATICAN [...] (C) In a meeting on September 26 with Danish Ambassador Thilstead and another on September 28 with Vatican Nuncio Quintana on September 28, the Ambassador stressed that Nepal's peace process was important, but most important was the outcome. Ambassador Thilstead, who had just hosted his Minis [...] |
2006-09-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF DA VT BT NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2636 |
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTS UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka acknowledged that, while a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on arms management was an option, the Government of Nepal was not very interested in the idea. The Ambassador explained [...] |
2006-09-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER JP NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2637 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) The following is post's response to information on textiles requested in reftel. DATA ON TEXTILES ---------------- 2. (U) The following is available data through mid-July 2006 unless otherwise specified. -- Total production in USD value: Data not available -- Total textiles and ap [...] |
2006-09-30 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2638 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCA PDAS STEVEN R. MANN [...] Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes SCA PDAS Steven R. Mann to Nepal from October 3-6, 2006, for meetings with embassy and host government officials. Country clearance is hereby granted for travel to and within the Kathmandu Valley. For the traveler's safety, you should review the security inf [...] |
2006-09-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2660 |
RETAINING THE KATHMANDU AMERICAN CENTER [...] During consultations October 12-13, the Ambassador looks forward to learning Washington?s reaction to our recommendation that the American Center Library remain in its present location and not/not be relocated to the New Embassy Compound. Reftel spells out in detail our reason for recommendin [...] |
2006-10-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL ABLD AMGT ASEC ACOA OPRC KPAO |
| 06KATHMANDU2666 |
CHIEF GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator Krishna Prasad Sitaula told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann and the Ambassador October 6 that he was optimistic the summit meeting on October 8 would be successful. PDAS Mann stressed the USG's view that it was difficult to imagine how the tal [...] |
2006-10-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF CVIS UN CX NP |
| 06KATHMANDU267 |
NEPAL-INDIA TRANSIT TREATY EXTENDED ONLY THREE [...] (C) India and Nepal agreed at meetings held in New Delhi at the beginning of January to extend the Indo-Nepal transit treaty for three months instead of renewing it for seven years. The treaty provides for smooth movement of commercial goods through India, Nepal's largest trading partner. In [...] |
2006-01-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP ELTN IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2673 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION: BRIGADIER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2677 |
CHINESE SHOOTING SPREE RESULTS IN ONE DEAD TIBETAN [...] (C) UNHCR confirmed to us that, on October 1, approximately 75 Tibetans trying to cross into Nepal via the Nangpa La pass (north-east Nepal near Mt. Everest) came under 20 minutes of fire from a Chinese patrol that resulted in one death and one injury. Forty-three of the Tibetans arrived safe [...] |
2006-10-10 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UN CH NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2679 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHARES U.S. CONCERN OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2680 |
OUTCOME OF PEACE TALKS NOT YET CLEAR [...] (C) With the second day of the staggered peace summit between the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) having drawn to a close, it is not yet clear where things stand. All the parties have agreed that constituent assembly elections should take [...] |
2006-10-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2688 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UNAUS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2695 |
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION'S FY 07 SCORECARD [...] (U) On October 11, Emboff presented the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC's) FY 07 Nepal Scorecard to Ministry of Finance Under Secretary for the Foreign Aid Coordination Division Madhu K. Marasini. Mr. Marasini was not familiar with the MCC. Emboff explained the purpose of the scoreca [...] |
2006-10-12 02:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU270 |
FEW CANDIDATES FILE FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) On January 26, the deadline to file for candidacy in the February 8 municipal elections, the government announced that 3,255 people had filed to run for 4,416 open seats. However, as there were multiple candidates for some posts, more than one-third of the seats had no registered candidate, [...] |
2006-01-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2700 |
PEACE DEAL APPEARS UNLIKELY ON EVE OF THIRD DAY OF [...] (C) USAID contracted peace facilitator Siebert and leaders of two of the three major political parties in the Government of Nepal (GON) told the Charge d'Affaires and visiting SCA India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Office Director Bernicat in separate meetings on October 11 that they did not expect the GO [...] |
2006-10-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2701 |
U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL AND ITU RADIO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ITU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2702 |
PARLIAMENT SPOKESMAN TO U.S.: "TAKE A CHANCE" WITH [...] (C) Parliament Spokesman Manohar Bhattarai told SCA/INS Office Director Marcia Bernicat on October 12 that the U.S. should aid the peace process by establishing informal dialogue with the Maoists. He stressed that there were many in Parliament, including himself, who agreed with the Ambassad [...] |
2006-10-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2703 |
PEACE TALKS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) After a third day of peace talks on October 12, Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and Maoist leaders have decided to postpone peace talks until October 15. The leaders met for less than two hours during the afternoon of October 12 before deciding to continue the talks at a later date. Arjun Nar [...] |
2006-10-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU271 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH CONCERNED JAPANESE [...] (C) On January 26, Japanese Ambassador Hiraoka told the Ambassador he was concerned about the deteriorating situation in Nepal. He noted that 2006 was the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations with Nepal, and although Japan had not planned any major celebration, the Japanese F [...] |
2006-01-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP JA |
| 06KATHMANDU2731 |
GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2732 |
NORWEGIAN/DANISH AMBASSADORS FAVOR MAOIST [...] (C) In a luncheon October 12 with SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat and Charge, Ambassador Finn Thilsted of Denmark and Ambassador Tore Toreng of Norway stressed the need for Maoist outreach and engagement to ensure a viable peace process, while Indian Political Counsellor Prabhat Kumar remained [...] |
2006-10-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2733 |
IAN MARTIN'S SHOP STAFFED UP AND POISED TO [...] (C) In consultations October 12 with Charge and SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, Ian Martin, and Tamrat Samuel, visiting UN Political Advisor expressed measured optimism on the progress of GON-Maoist summit talks. Martin seemed poi [...] |
2006-10-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2734 |
OCTOBER 15 PEACE AGREEMENT LIKELY [...] (C) It appears that agreement on Maoist entry into the interim government, arms management and the Constituent Assembly could be reached at the October 15 Summit Talks. October 13 discussions with USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert, the Prime Minister's (PM's) Defense Advisor Ra [...] |
2006-10-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2735 |
PEACE FACILITATORS BRIEF ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert (please protect) told SCA PDAS Steven Mann and USAID Mission Director Don Clark on October 5 that the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M) had narrowed their differences on key issues in the peace pro [...] |
2006-10-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2738 |
CENTER-LEFT LEADER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES AS PEACE [...] (C) SCA PDAS Steven Mann heard October 4 from Madav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML), that success at the upcoming peace summit would depend in large part on reaching an agreement on the monarchy and Maoists arms management. MK Nep [...] |
2006-10-16 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2743 |
CENTER-RIGHT LEADER CONCERNED AS PEACE TALKS DRAW [...] (C) Nepali Congress - Democratic President Sher Bahadur Deuba told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann October 4 that the Seven Party Alliance government would have to overcome considerable mistrust of the Maoists if it was going to reach a peace deal at the upcoming talks. The main question was Ma [...] |
2006-10-16 08:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2749 |
PEACE PROCESS OBSTRUCTED BUT ONGOING [...] (C) Contrary to the indications we had on October 13, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) did not reach a peace deal at their meeting on October 15. No new date for talks was announced. According to our sources, Maoist arms management was the princi [...] |
2006-10-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2763 |
MAOISTS ACTIVE IN RURAL SOLUKHUMBU [...] (C) From September 29 to October 4, Emboffs traveled to southern portion of Solukhumbu District in eastern Nepal and observed and heard about the Maoist activities in that rural area. In Salleri, the district headquarters, the Maoists had established a "People's Government" office, complete wi [...] |
2006-10-18 02:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2772 |
INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2773 |
PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR UPBEAT ON PEACE TALKS [...] (C) PM Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, was upbeat regarding the prospects for a peace deal between the (Government of Nepal) GON and Maoists in a meeting with CDA October 18. He said that the PM had instructed him to deliver a hard-line message to the UN peace team on t [...] |
2006-10-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2774 |
NEW DELHI JOINS THE FRAY OVER NEPAL'S PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Siebert told Charge October 18 that the Government of India (GOI) has recently engaged in a powerful way in Nepal's peace process. Siebert said the intervention took place after a visit to New Delhi on October 13 by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Mukherjee. [...] |
2006-10-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM UN IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2776 |
INDIAN CHARGE ADAMANT ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) CDA called on Indian Charge Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya October 18 to discuss UN Nepal peace team leader Ian Martin's trip to New Delhi the day before and the overall status of the peace process. She applauded Prime Minister Koirala's firm stance on the need for the Maoists to disarm before [...] |
2006-10-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2777 |
UPDATE ON NEPAL'S PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Siebert highlighted the difficulties Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiators faced in addressing the Maoist militia and security issues in an update for Charge on October 18. Senior politicians in the center-right Nepali Congress (NC) and the cen [...] |
2006-10-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU279 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the points (reftel) to Mr. Shree Krishna Shrestha, Director General, Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. Shrestha said, in general, he agreed with our comments, but he needed to review the documen [...] |
2006-01-30 07:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2790 |
GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA: NEPAL WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2799 |
REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: CRITICAL [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. These candidates are scheduled to participate in Diplomatic Security's Critical Incident Management Course f [...] |
2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2800 |
REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: CSTR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates are scheduled to participate in Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSTR) training [...] |
2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2801 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: SSTR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates are scheduled to participate in Stability Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) trai [...] |
2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2807 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: NESA [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate is scheduled to participate in a Near East and South Asia (NESA) course from November 29 to Dece [...] |
2006-10-25 02:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU284 |
MAOISTS THREATEN ELECTION PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) Pravakiran, Kathmandu Valley Commander of the Communist Party of Nepal, released the following press statement on January 28, 2005, warning people "not to participate in the elections in any way." He threatened that those who did so would "face the most serious consequences." Begin text [...] |
2006-01-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU286 |
600 ELECTION CANDIDATES WITHDRAW; MORE MAOIST [...] (U) More than 600 people withdrew their candidacy between filing to participate in the municipal election on January 26 and the deadline to withdraw on January 28. Some people withdrew voluntary, others claim the government forced them, and still others wished to withdraw but security forces [...] |
2006-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU287 |
AMBASSADOR URGES FOREIGN MINISTER TO RELEASE [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador urged Foreign Minister Pandey to release political leaders in custody, including those in jail and those under house arrest. The Foreign Minister noted ongoing security concerns, but promised to discuss the matter with Home Minister Thapa. The Ambassador stre [...] |
2006-01-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2877 |
JUNE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION WOULD BE [...] (C) The new chief of party for IFES told the Ambassador recently that meeting the peace negotiators' announced target date of mid-June 2007 for constituent assembly elections would be a tall order. Bill Chilvers, a twenty-two year veteran of the Australian Electoral Commission, cited five rea [...] |
2006-10-27 09:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2879 |
FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) On October 26, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat expressed his concern to the Ambassador, World Bank Country Director Ken Ohashi and IMF Resident Representative Alexander Pitt that bilateral and multilateral donors not give legitimacy to the Maoists by signing assistance agreements with th [...] |
2006-10-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2880 |
INDIA SUPPORTS SEPARATION OF MAOIST ARMS [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee reiterated that the Government of India (GOI) supported the separation of Maoists from their arms and enforcement of law and order by the Government of Nepal (GON). Ambassador Mukherjee acknowledged [...] |
2006-10-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU290 |
CY-2005 END-USE MONITORING REPORT [...] The following is Post's CY-2005 End-Use Monitoring Report. Begin text: A. RESOURCES 1996 PROGRAM ------------ NARCOTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT (USD 13,800): Twenty bicycles, five Yamaha motorcycles, two motor scooters and five cameras were given to the Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforceme [...] |
2006-01-31 00:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN SNAR KCRM KWMN EFIN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2903 |
PEACE AGREEMENT MOVING CLOSER? [...] (C) Dr. Shehkar Koirala, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's nephew and a key member of the Government of Nepal (GON)'s informal talks team, told the DCM October 27 that the two sides were converging on a peace deal. He claimed the GON and the Maoists had managed to reach agreement on nearly all of [...] |
2006-10-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2904 |
CPN-UML AND NC-D WEIGH IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 27, the Ambassador met with General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML) MK Nepal and Nepal Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the Ambassador's consultations in the U.S. and the status of peace tal [...] |
2006-11-01 01:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2909 |
PRIME MINISTER'S CLOSE ADVISOR AND HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Over the recent Nepali holidays, Embassy LES discussed the arms management process with the Prime Minister's nephew and close advisor, Dr. Shekhar Koirala, as well as Home Minister Sitaula, the Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator. Both argued for a phased strategy, highlighting [...] |
2006-11-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2917 |
POINTS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 03:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PARM XX KN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2919 |
TWO CONFIRMED CASES OF XDR TB IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Post has recently become aware of two cases of XDR TB in Nepal. According to Post's medical officer, both of the reported XDR TB patients in Nepal are Tibetan refugees. XDR is an extremely drug resistant form of Tuberculosis. The first patient died in March 2006 and Post's medical offic [...] |
2006-11-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREF CDC HHS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2930 |
NEW TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY REGISTERED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Tamdin Dorje Tuladhar, a Nepali Citizen, told the Ambassador on October 26 that he, Tuladhar, had registered the Bhota Welfare Society (BWS) as an NGO with the Government of Nepal (GON) on June 29, 2006. Tuladhar said that he had formed the NGO to take the place of the Tibetan Refugee [...] |
2006-11-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PREL SOCI CH NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2931 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli shared his concerns about whether the Maoists intended to enter the political mainstream peacefully. He explained that the international community was playing an important role in the peace [...] |
2006-11-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2950 |
SAARC SECRETARY GENERAL TO ATTEND REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 05:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV IN |
| 06KATHMANDU2955 |
2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, domestically-produced cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police suggests that Nepalis [...] |
2006-11-03 08:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KTFN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2958 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, OCTOBER 31 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2959 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3 [...] (C) According to Douglas DiSalvo, a UNHCR officer in Kathmandu, 41 out of the group of 43 Tibetan refugees who arrived in Nepal safely after the shooting incident at the Chinese border on October 1 (ref A) departed Nepal for India on October 20 and arrived on October 21; the other two should t [...] |
2006-11-03 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2960 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2961 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2962 |
PRIME MINISTER ANGRY INDIA AND EU COSYING UP TO [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed to Prime Minister Koirala in a meeting November 3 that any arms management agreement with the Maoists had to begin to drain the fear and would thus require substantial domestic and international monitoring. The Ambassador's third point was that the Government of Nep [...] |
2006-11-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EU IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2971 |
NEPAL ARMY PUNISHES SOLDIERS WHO ABUSED POLICE [...] (U) According to an October 29 press release from the Nepal Army (NA), the General Military Court had issued sentences against four NA officers and 12 non-commissioned officers involved in the July 29, 2006 attack on a Nepal Police post in central Kathmandu (reftel). The soldiers had surround [...] |
2006-11-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2972 |
CHALLENGES FACING THE NEPALI POLICE: SECURING LAW [...] (SBU) From September 20 to 29, 2006 TDYers Christa Skerry and Holly Benner from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with officials from the USG, Nepal security forces, Nepal government officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, the United [...] |
2006-11-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR NP UN |
| 06KATHMANDU2973 |
LAW AND ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION: CHALLENGES [...] (C) Interviewees, including Nepal security forces, Government of Nepal officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and the UK Embassy, who met recently with TDYers from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) described a sharp downward [...] |
2006-11-07 01:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN NP MARR PREF PTER |
| 06KATHMANDU2974 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: COMBINED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Dhakal, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate has been nominated for a one-year0 posting as the Combined Planning Group Strate [...] |
2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2975 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: CSTR TRAINING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kishor Kumar Lama, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate is scheduled to participate in Comprehensive Security Responses t [...] |
2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2976 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: NESA [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. These candidates are scheduled to participate in the Near East and South Asia (NESA) course in Washing [...] |
2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2994 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 06KATHMANDU2996 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2997 |
MAOISTS RUNNING THE SHOW IN BIRATNAGAR AND [...] (C) Recent visits to two towns on Nepal's southern border with India revealed a sharp deterioration in law and order with Maoist extortion, opportunistic violence, and intimidation interrupting the local economies while government security forces stood idly by. The South and Central Asia Bure [...] |
2006-11-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PHUM PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2998 |
2006-2007 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) This is Post?s 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per ref A. Begin Text: Nepal is not a regional financial center. There are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering center. The Governm [...] |
2006-11-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2999 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION: CRITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3000 |
U.S.-NEPAL POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS: SUPPORTING A [...] (C) With the governing Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists in their second straight day of marathon peace talks, there is increasing expectation in Kathmandu that a peace deal might be on the way. While the text of an actual agreement or agreements could be delayed, the outlines of how Maois [...] |
2006-11-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN EU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3001 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: CSTR, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3011 |
SUPPLEMENTAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3012 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3013 |
GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE DEAL: WHERE'S [...] (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early morning hours of November 8th (full text below). While punting many vital implementation details to a November 16 "comprehensive peace agreement [...] |
2006-11-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3014 |
CORRECTED COPY: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Kathmandu 3013 with text of the agreement attached. Summary And Introduction ------------------------ 2. (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early mo [...] |
2006-11-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3022 |
NEPAL ARMY: IMPROVING NEPAL'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD [...] (C) In a meeting on November 6 with Ramesh Jung Thapa, Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Bishnu Uprety, Defense Secretary, the DCM delivered ref A talking points, strongly urging the Government of Nepal (GON) to take action on human rights abuses in the Nepal Army (NA). The DCM made [...] |
2006-11-09 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3023 |
GETTING A SECURITY COUNCIL MANDATE FOR NEPAL'S [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- see paras. 7-9. Summary -------- 2. (C) In discussions November 9 with Ian Martin, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, the SIPDIS Ambassador stressed the need for a strong UN Security Council mandate to enforce the November 8 [...] |
2006-11-10 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3024 |
PM KOIRALA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [...] (C/NF) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister GP Koirala shared his optimism on the future of the Government of Nepal's (GON) peace process with the Maoists, but underscored the need for a large presence of foreign observers on the ground in Nepal. The Ambassador pressed [...] |
2006-11-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3029 |
SENIOR LEVEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3032 |
MAOISTS KIDNAP AND TORTURE MP'S BROTHER [...] (C) A Nepali Congress (NC) Member of Parliament representing Bajhang District told us recently about the kidnapping of Malla's younger brother October 29 by the Maoists. Suresh Malla, who leads a faction of 15-20 anti-Maoist MPs, told Emboff that his brother had been tortured for three days a [...] |
2006-11-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3033 |
FOREIGN MINISTER OLI PESSIMISTIC ON PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli expressed strong personal reservations about the November 8 agreement between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (ref A). Oli worried that the November 8 agreement set a bad example b [...] |
2006-11-13 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3034 |
INDIA URGES RAPID ACTION IN THE UN [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee emphasized the need for rapid action in the United Nations regarding Maoist arms management and peace and election monitoring in Nepal. Ambassador Moriarty stressed the need for a UN Security Council res [...] |
2006-11-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR IN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3038 |
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN NEPAL [...] On November 2, Emboff delivered reftel "Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session" to Nepal's Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Urmila Aryal. The Minister welcomed the fact sheet and provided Emboff with a list of recent legislative efforts on behalf of [...] |
2006-11-14 01:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3049 |
UN POLITICAL ADVISOR ON ARMS MANAGEMENT AND UNSC [...] (C) During a November 13 meeting with DCM, John Norris, political advisor to Ian Martin, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, provided an update on progress toward a detailed arms management agreement among the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA), the Maoists, and th [...] |
2006-11-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP UN |
| 06KATHMANDU3050 |
DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN BO NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3051 |
DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3055 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 01:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3060 |
MINISTRY OF FINANCE CALLS ON DONORS TO SUPPORT [...] (U) On November 14 at the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) bimonthly donors meeting, Finance Minister Mahat requested an increase/realignment of foreign aid to support the peace process. Minister Mahat and Finance Secretary Vidyadhar Mallik outlined four specific areas in need of international sup [...] |
2006-11-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3061 |
NOW IS THE TIME FOR UN MONITORS IN NEPAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. State of Play On Expanded UN Role --------------------------------- 2. (C) On November 17, Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet confirmed to the DCM that Ambassador Acharya, Nepal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, had del [...] |
2006-11-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3062 |
UN REP. AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEALING WITH [...] (C) On November 15, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin and UK Ambassador Andrew Hall gave their views on the Maoists, the peace process and challenges for Nepal to Assistant Secretary Boucher and the Ambassador. Martin was not willing to wager on the Maoist intentions [...] |
2006-11-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PREF UN UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3063 |
NEPAL PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) According to a joint statement the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists issued on November 16, the signing of the comprehensive peace accord, which was supposed to take place that day, was postponed until November 21. According to political leaders on November 16 and Dr. Shehkar Koirala, [...] |
2006-11-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3064 |
NEW OHCHR HEAD NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) On November 17, Lena Sundh, the new Swedish head of the Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told the Ambassador that impunity remained a big problem on both sides of the conflict in Nepal -- for both the security forces and the Maoists. Sundh stated that she wa [...] |
2006-11-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MARR PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3076 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: COMBINED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3077 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: CSTR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3078 |
LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: NESA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3086 |
BOUCHER DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF THE NEPAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) In a November 16 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Ramesh Jung Thapa, Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Bishnu Uprety, Defense Secretary, described an improving relationship between the Nepal Army and the civilian leadership. [...] |
2006-11-22 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MASS NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3090 |
UNHCR DONORS DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) During a November 20 meeting, Janet Lim, Director of the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), updated core group Ambassadors on the status of the census and potential resettlement for Bhutanese refugees in camps in eastern Nepal. T [...] |
2006-11-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3091 |
NEPAL PEACE DEAL: TEETH, BUT NOT MUCH BITE [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed a comprehensive peace accord on November 21, after finally coming to a consensus on the remaining sticking points (ref A). Although the accord calls for an end to violence and states that anyone found carrying weapons will be subject to [...] |
2006-11-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3093 |
REACTIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT: [...] (C) Reactions to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed on November 21 (ref A) have varied across sectors, although the majority of interlocutors have expressed cautious optimism. Political party leaders from the main Nepali Congress party worrie [...] |
2006-11-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3097 |
BOUCHER STRESSES PARLIAMENT'S OVERSIGHT ROLE [...] (C) During November 16 discussions with Speaker of the House of Representatives Subash Nemwang, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, accompanied by the Ambassador, stressed the important role Parliament must play in overseeing Nepal's democratic transition [...] |
2006-11-24 00:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3103 |
UN PEACE TEAM CHIEF: UN MONITORS URGENTLY REQUIRED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3104 |
IMPLEMENTING NEPAL'S PEACE [...] (C) Three days after the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement," the Government and the Maoists are moving to implement its provisions, but considerable challenges lie ahead. Maoist extortion and violence as well as illegal recruitment are continu [...] |
2006-11-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3112 |
FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH UN [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mahat gave his views on what the United Nations was doing and should be doing soon to assist the peace process. He expressed appreciation for Secretary General Annan's November 22 letter to the UN Security Council Presiden [...] |
2006-11-27 06:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN IN FI NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3115 |
FINANCE MINISTER WANTS UN TO SET STRICT STANDARDS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador November 26, Finance Minister Mahat asked the United States to use its influence on the United Nations to ensure that only true Maoist combatants be permitted to go into cantonments. Mahat expressed concern that the latest draft of the tripartite (Governme [...] |
2006-11-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3116 |
NEGOTIATORS FOCUSED ON HOW MANY COMBATANTS WILL [...] (C) The political adviser to the UN peace team told DCM November 27 that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were arguing over how many combatants would get jobs in the security forces. John Norris said the issue preventing an arms management agreement was not who was a combatant. The po [...] |
2006-11-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3118 |
PEACE AGREEMENT STICKING POINT: MILITARY TRAINING [...] (C) In a meeting on November 28, the lead UN negotiators told the Ambassador that an agreement on arms management between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists was stalled over the Maoist desire to conduct military training for their combatants in the cantonments. The Ambassador pushe [...] |
2006-11-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3124 |
ARMS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: VAGUE WORDING, BUT [...] (C) On November 28, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed an arms management agreement, in the presence of the UN, creating a concrete mechanism for the separation of Maoist combatants from their weapons. The agreement provides that all Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) mem [...] |
2006-11-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3126 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) On November 27, 28, and 29, RefCoord met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Abraham Abraham, Office of Tibet Representative Jigme Wangdu, and the Director and Deputy Director of the Government of Nepal,s National Unit for the Coordinatio [...] |
2006-11-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL CVIS SOCI CH NP |
| 06KATHMANDU313 |
PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES MEDIATION [...] (C) On January 27, Ram Sharan Mahat, Joint General Secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party, told the SIPDIS Ambassador that the involvement of a third party was needed for the King and the Parties and the Maoists to come together. Mahat stated that the Parties were ready for dialogue w [...] |
2006-01-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3131 |
COAS KATAWAL DOWNPLAYS RUMORS OF ROYAL RESURGENCE [...] (C/NF) On November 28, Siddharta Rana, a prominent businessman and son of a close confidante of the King, told the Ambassador that the King believed he was going to make a comeback soon, and that he still did not realize he was responsible for his own downfall. Rana said the King blamed India [...] |
2006-11-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3136 |
NEPAL: MECHANISMS FOR PEACE SLOW-MOVING [...] (C) ON November 30, Hannes Siebert and Retief Olivier, USAID-funded peace facilitators working with Nepal's Peace Secretariat, told the Ambassador that the primary focus of SIPDIS the Secretariat during the past week had been Terms of Reference for the various mechanisms envisioned in the N [...] |
2006-11-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3141 |
NEPAL: TIBETANS VIEW RESETTLEMENT AS ZERO-SUM GAME [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV CH NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3148 |
UN MOVING AHEAD ON CANTONMENT OF MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) Key staff of the Office of Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General briefed members of the diplomatic corps and the donor community December 1 on the status of cantonment of Maoist combatants. Ian Martin's security advisor Dan Huntington, political advisor John Norris and milit [...] |
2006-12-04 09:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3149 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) On December 4, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for the Europe and Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the need for the Government of Nepal (GON) to promulgate and enact implementing legislation for the Chemical Weapon [...] |
2006-12-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC NP |
| 06KATHMANDU315 |
INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post delivered Nepal's Interim Assessment report of progress made on anti-trafficking efforts (ref A) on January 31 to Shyam Sundar Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Parbati T [...] |
2006-01-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KHUM SMIG NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3163 |
POLITICOS IN RAJBIRAJ: WE HAVE NO VOICE [...] (C) During a meeting in Rajbiraj (about 200 kilometers south-east of Kathmandu) on December 3, local political leaders told Emboff that they felt isolated from their parties and the government. The politicos in this rural community stated that the party leaders in Kathmandu did not listen to [...] |
2006-12-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3164 |
STUDENT LEADERS FEEL LEFT OUT OF NEPAL'S POLITICS [...] (C) In meetings December 1 and 2 in Kathmandu and Biratnagar (eastern Nepal), student leaders from a range of political parties told Emboff that they were feeling increasingly left out of politics in Nepal. Although they disagreed on many social issues, they were united on the need for greate [...] |
2006-12-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3165 |
NEPAL'S NATIONAL PARKS MAY GET UPGRADE IN [...] (SBU) Barna Bahadur Thapa, Warden of the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in south-eastern Nepal, told Emboff on December 3 that poaching was a big problem in the park. Thapa stressed that most poaching was for food (wild buffalo, fish, or birds) or shelter (trees or thatch grass). Under Nepali l [...] |
2006-12-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV MARR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3167 |
NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY "INCLUSIVE" IN EASTERN NEPAL [...] (C) On December 2, Emboff accompanied Sujata Koirala, Head of the Nepali Congress (NC) Department of International Relations and daughter of Prime Minister GP Koirala, to a political program in Inaruwa, Sunsari District in south-eastern Nepal. The NC leaders of the rural district discussed ma [...] |
2006-12-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3168 |
NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WANTS TO GET THE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee stressed that the logistical realities of the peace agreements between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists needed to move quickly in order to succeed. Mukherjee worried about continued Maois [...] |
2006-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | C | |