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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	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU317	LABOR LAW REVISION TO ATTRACT FDI [...] (U) On January 31, the government promulgated a revision to the 1991 Labor Law intended to boost foreign direct investment (FDI). The revision opened the door for appointment of up to fifteen percent non-Nepali nationals as managers, executive directors and experts in firms. Existing laws di [...]	2006-01-31 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EINV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU3175	TRIP REPORT: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO POKHARA [...] (C) On December 1, in a speech in Pokhara, the Ambassador reaffirmed that the U.S. welcomed the signing of the recent peace deals and would now push for their successful implementation. Until Maoist actions matched their words, Maoists laid down their arms, and renounced violence and intimi [...]	2006-12-07 08:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3176	NEPAL GOVERNMENT SLOW TO ADDRESS IDP PROBLEM [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgency in Nepal has created significant population displacement, although the scope of the problem and location of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been difficult to assess due to social stigmatization, lack of material assistance and Nepal's open border with India [...]	2006-12-07 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU3178	SECURITY FORCES IN EASTERN NEPAL: MAOISTS HAVE TO [...] (C) In separate meetings on December 3, Nepal Army (NA) and Nepal Police (NP) contacts in Sunsari District in south-eastern Nepal told Emboff that the Maoists had to earn the trust of the public for the peace process to succeed. An NA Major told emboff that some soldiers believed the NA did n [...]	2006-12-07 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR NP
06KATHMANDU3184	NEPAL: TIBETANS VIEW RESETTLEMENT AS ZERO-SUM GAME [...] (C) In October 2006, Post's Tibetan-speaking staff conducted an informal survey of 18 Tibetans on the proposed resettlement of 60,000 Bhutanese refugees and about refugee resettlement generally. Generally, the reactions from the respondents indicated that some Tibetan refugees viewed U.S. res [...]	2006-12-08 04:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CH NP
06KATHMANDU3193	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 00:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU NP
06KATHMANDU3199	PEACE PROCESS: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador December 8 that the Government of Nepal (GON),the Maoists and the UN had established an effective working group to handle the nitty-gritty of the People's Liberation Army cantonments. The approximately USD 2.4 million i [...]	2006-12-11 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3207	POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE THAT MAOIST FEAR MUST BE [...] (C) In separate December 11 meetings with the Ambassador, MK Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),agreed that effective management of Maoist weapons was critical to [...]	2006-12-12 10:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3209	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES JAPAN TO ASSIST WITH [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Tsutomu Hiraoka, Ambassador Moriarty expressed optimism that Nepal's transition could proceed if arms management were successful and monitors flooded the Nepali countryside. The Ambassador indicated U.S. support was likely [...]	2006-12-13 07:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PREF JA NP
06KATHMANDU321	ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S TAKEOVER [...] (U) On February 1, in a content-free speech marking the one-year anniversary of his takeover, the King announced no new initiatives, but highlighted the success of his plan to restore democracy to Nepal. He reconfirmed his intention to go ahead with municipal elections on February 8 and with [...]	2006-02-01 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU3210	NEPAL: UN SECY GENERAL'S REP. DISCUSSES NEED FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin SIPDIS welcomed the U.S. plan to provide assistance to Nepal's peace process in two principal areas: electoral support and local security and governance. He agreed it would be cru [...]	2006-12-13 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN UK NP
06KATHMANDU3216	NEPAL: NEXT STEPS ON INTERIM CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) Speaker of the Parliament Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador December 12 that the current parliament should have five to six days to consider the interim constitution before the Parliament promulgated it. Nemwang also suggested that the current parliament could enact some of the requir [...]	2006-12-14 05:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3218	POLITICAL LEADERS IN GORKHA: WE MUST FACE THE [...] (C) In a meeting on December 9 in Gorkha District (just west of Kathmandu),political leaders from the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told Emboff that the only way to create an atmosphere for free an [...]	2006-12-14 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU322	DEMARCHE ON JANUARY 30 P5+2 DELIVERED [...] As requested in reftel, Emboff delivered demarche on the January P5 2 statement to Rishi Ram Ghimire, American Desk Officer, and Kali Prasad Pokhrel, United Nations and International Law Section Officer, both with the Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They undertook to look into the issue. [...]	2006-02-01 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3224	NEPAL: TIBETAN SETTLEMENT LEADERS DESCRIBE [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with RefCoord, Tibetan settlement leaders described the lack of employment opportunities for Tibetan youths and the difficulties in obtaining and renewing identification and travel documents from the Government of Nepal (GON). Out of roughly 4,000 Tibetan resident [...]	2006-12-15 06:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CH NP
06KATHMANDU3225	CENSUS OF FIRST BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMP CONCLUDED [...] (C) Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Durable Solutions Officer Kim Roberson reported on December 13 that nearly all Beldangi I camp residents had appeared for the census, which was completed December 8. UNHCR has identified 120 vulnerable cases, of which only 20 had expr [...]	2006-12-15 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF BH NP
06KATHMANDU3237	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON THE KING [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 13, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Katawal dismissed the recent coup rumors sparked by the King's issuing commands to prepare his palace at Hetauda (reftel). The COAS said he had reassured Koirala of his and the Nepal Army's trustworthiness and had [...]	2006-12-18 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL IN NP
06KATHMANDU3238	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal told the Ambassador December 13 that he had emphasized to Prime Minister Koirala earlier that day that the Maoists had to be completely separated from their weapons before they were included in the interim parliament and the interim government. K [...]	2006-12-18 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU3249	ELECTION COMMISSION NEEDS USD 32.8 MILLION FOR [...] (SBU) On December 13, Nepal's Election Commission (EC),told international donors it would need an estimated USD 32.8 million would be needed for the preparation and conduct of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. After sharing EC-identified areas of priority need, the EC said it would [...]	2006-12-20 06:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3252	AMBASSADOR HEARS ABOUT MADHESIS AND MAOISTS IN [...] (C) Political leaders, business representatives, student leaders and government officials in Janakpur, southeast of Kathmandu, near the Indian border, expressed concern to the Ambassador over the lack of Madhesi representation in the Government of Nepal (GON) and their disadvantaged economic s [...]	2006-12-20 08:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PTER MARR PREF NP
06KATHMANDU3253	PRIME MINISTER TAKES FIRM STAND ON ARMS [...] (C) Prime Minister GP Koirala, who was recovering from a cold, stressed to the Ambassador December 20 that he would not permit the Maoists to enter the interim government until arms management was complete. He confirmed, however, that he had agreed to promulgate the interim constitution and st [...]	2006-12-20 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PREF CASC UN BT NP
06KATHMANDU3256	NEPAL'S INTERIM CONSTITUTION INITIALED [...] (SBU) On December 16, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed the much-anticipated interim constitution. While the 77-page document places the fate of the monarchy in the hands of the constituent assembly, it strips the King of all powers vested in the head of state and transfers [...]	2006-12-20 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN IN NP
06KATHMANDU3257	ELECTION COMMISSION NEEDS USD 32.8 MILLION FOR [...] (SBU) On December 13, Nepal's Election Commission (EC),told international donors it would need an estimated USD 32.8 million would be needed for the preparation and conduct of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. After sharing EC-identified areas of priority need, the EC said it would [...]	2006-12-20 09:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3264	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU3265	NEPAL: FOOD FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES AT RISK, GON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry Joint Secretary Dinesh Bhattarai expressed concern to RefCoord December 21 about a possible break in the World Food Program's food supply to the Bhutanese refugees. WFP Deputy Country Director separately requested t [...]	2006-12-22 04:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV CH BH NP
06KATHMANDU3268	U.S., UK, INDIA, AND THE UN DIALOGUE ON SECURITY [...] (C) In a December 19 dialogue on security challenges and police support, the U.S. and UK Ambassadors and Ian Martin, the UN's Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, agreed that improved security across the countryside in the next six to eight months would be vital for reducing [...]	2006-12-22 05:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP UN
06KATHMANDU3273	NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN
06KATHMANDU3274	U.S., UK, INDIA, AND THE UN DIALOGUE ON SECURITY [...] (C) In a December 19 dialogue on security challenges and police support, the U.S. and UK Ambassadors and Ian Martin, the UN's Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, agreed that improved security across the countryside in the next six to eight months would be vital for reducing [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP UN
06KATHMANDU3275	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU328	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]	2006-02-02 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3282	ELECTION COMMISSION NEEDS USD 32.8 MILLION FOR [...] (SBU) On December 13, Nepal's Election Commission (EC),told international donors it would need an estimated USD 32.8 million would be needed for the preparation and conduct of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. After sharing EC-identified areas of priority need, the EC said it would [...]	2006-12-22 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3283	NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...]	2006-12-22 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN
06KATHMANDU331	MORE VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS ON "BLACK DAY" [...] (U) The one year anniversary of the royal takeover, termed "Black Day" by parties and journalists, saw continued Maoist violence and government arrests of politicos and journalists throughout the country. Political party leaders claimed that the King's address to the nation contained "nothing [...]	2006-02-02 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU3322	SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON NP
06KATHMANDU3323	NEPAL HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 06:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3324	NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD IN FITS AND [...] (C) PM Koirala's foreign policy advisor told Charge December 28 that the Government of Nepal would not promulgate the interim constitution until UN arms management had begun in earnest. Chalise noted that Koirala had charged Maoist Supremo Prachanda with undermining the planned June 2007 Cons [...]	2006-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU333	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...]	2006-02-02 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
06KATHMANDU345	ADMIRAL FALLON TELLS NEPAL ARMY U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On February 1, Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, stressed to the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS),General Pyar Jung Thapa, that the U.S. military could not fully resume military assistance to Nepal absent movement toward representative g [...]	2006-02-06 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS MASS NP
06KATHMANDU346	RUN-UP TO ELECTION FILLED WITH MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Maoist violence, including bombings throughout the country and within the Kathmandu Valley, continued in the lead-up to the February 8 municipal election. Fear of Maoist violence kept many people indoors on the first two days of the Maoist's February 5-11 national general strike, and caus [...]	2006-02-06 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU347	ADMIRAL FALLON URGES POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS TO [...] (C) On February 1, Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, met with Ram Sharan Mahat, Central Committee Member, Nepali Congress Party (NC); K.P. Oli, Central Committee Member, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML); and Minendra Rizal, Central Co [...]	2006-02-06 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU348	PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH HUMAN [...] (C) During a meeting with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon on February 2, human rights activists highlighted the distance between the King and the Parties and called for a consensus on a way forward, while noting the dangers of a Maoist takeover. They agreed that the King should reach out to th [...]	2006-02-06 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU349	PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH HOME AND [...] (C) In his meetings with the Foreign and Home Ministers on February 1, visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon called for the King to begin reconciliation with the political parties. Foreign Minister Pandey assured the Admiral that Nepal was "ready to go to any extent" to improve relations wi [...]	2006-02-06 12:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU372	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MOUNTING? [...] (C) At a February 6 luncheon hosted by Japanese Ambassador Hiraoka, visiting MFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Simiju told the Ambassador that he wanted to coordinate closely with the U.S. regarding policy toward Nepal. The Ambassadors and Simiju agreed that the U.S. and Japan sha [...]	2006-02-07 12:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF NP
06KATHMANDU373	MAOIST VIOLENCE AND ALL-NEPAL STRIKE CONTINUE ON [...] (U) This cable is an action request, see paragraph 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Maoist-called nationwide February 5-11 strike continues to envelop the country in a state of fear highlighted by the Maoist murder of a taxi driver near Kathmandu and continued Maoist violence and multipl [...]	2006-02-07 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU376	PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU379	MAOIST LEADER PLAYS GOOD COP, SORT OF [...] (SBU) Playing off a series of bloody interviews by his deputy, which have been matched by a lot of violence, Maoist leader Prachanda gave an interview in the country's largest daily on February 7, saying, "we are open to holding unconditional discussions on all issues including constituent ass [...]	2006-02-08 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU381	MOSTLY QUIET ELECTION DAY [...] (U) On February 8, for the first time since 1997, Nepalis were able to vote in municipal elections, though few chose to do so, due either to fear of Maoist violence, lack of candidates contesting the election, or calls by major Parties to boycott the elections. Kathmandu was quiet as the gove [...]	2006-02-08 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU383	DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC DELIVERED [...] As requested in reftel, Emboff briefed Kali Prasad Pokhrel, United Nations and International Law Section Officer, Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the IAEA Board resolution reporting Iran to the United Nations Security council. We shared copies of the President's and Secretary's statement [...]	2006-02-09 08:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL IR
06KATHMANDU385	GENERIC ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS APPROVED AND [...] ADCM informed Minister of Health and Population Mani Lama and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Supplies Buddhi Man Thamang that the anti-retroviral drug preparations approved and tentatively approved by HHS/FDA now appear on the WHO pre-qualification list. The ADCM also urged that Nepal spee [...]	2006-02-09 09:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI KIPR KHIV NP
06KATHMANDU389	DEMARCHE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DELIVERED [...] As requested in reftel, Emboff briefed Mahendra Gurung, Under Secretary, East Asian Division, Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Palestinian assistance. Gurung thanked Emboff for the information. MORIARTY [...]	2006-02-09 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS KPAL NP
06KATHMANDU390	LOW ELECTION TURNOUT; GOVERNMENT, PARTIES AND [...] (C) The February 8 municipal elections saw an average 20 percent voter turnout across the country. The Government proclaimed the polls a success. However, the Maoists and political parties separately claimed victory for the low turnout, believing their actions (Maoists used a campaign of vio [...]	2006-02-09 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU391	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) In a February 9 discussion with Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns about the lack of progress toward a comprehensive, durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. The Ambassador noted that we expected Foreign Minister Pandey to send a letter to his Bhut [...]	2006-02-09 12:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU404	CHINESE AMBASSADOR SOFTLY PUSHING RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a February 10 discussion, Chinese Ambassador Sun agreed with the Ambassador about the need for the King to reconcile with the political parties. Sun informed the Ambassador that State Counselor Tang Jiaxuan's visit was postponed until mid-March because of Chinese domestic political mee [...]	2006-02-10 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH NP
06KATHMANDU408	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEFEATING VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) On February 10 the Ambassador urged Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey to consider Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council, keeping in mind the negative consequences of Venezuela's membership in the Security Council, per reftel. Pandey was curious about what type of governments [...]	2006-02-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE NP
06KATHMANDU409	FOREIGN MINISTER PANDEY SEEKS GUIDANCE ON WAY [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey lamented that the USG press statement on February 8th elections showed a "misunderstanding in Washington of the ground realities" in Nepal. He again stressed his desire for a strategic relationship with the [...]	2006-02-10 12:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN NP
06KATHMANDU410	LETTER FROM FM PANDEY TO A/S ROCCA ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) During a meeting on February 10, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey gave the Ambassador a letter for Assistant Secretary Rocca in response to her December 30 letter on SIPDIS Bhutanese refugees. In his letter, Pandey thanks A/S Rocca for U.S. support to resolve the Bhutanese refugee is [...]	2006-02-10 12:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF NP
06KATHMANDU424	FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES FOREIGN REACTION TO [...] (U) In response to widespread international condemnation of the February 8 municipal polls, the Foreign Ministry issued a press release on February 10, requesting foreign powers to refrain from making "insolent comments" on matters that fall within the domestic jurisdiction of a sovereign coun [...]	2006-02-13 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU426	BHUTANESE CHIEF JUDGE: REFUGEES ARE NOT CITIZENS [...] (U) The February 12 English-language daily The Himalayan Times reported that the Bhutanese government-owned "kunselonline" quoted Bhutan's Chief Justice as saying that the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal were not Bhutanese citizens as per Bhutan's 1985 Citizenship Act. Checking kunselonline, the [...]	2006-02-13 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU427	VIOLENCE CONTINUES ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) February 13 marked the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Following a major Maoist ambush on Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) troops attempting to remove a blockade across a key highway in Sunwal-Butwal in Nawalparasi District on February 10, in which 17 se [...]	2006-02-13 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU428	MAOISTS SET SOCKET BOMB IN CENTRAL KATHMANDU; NO [...] (SBU) At about 1500 on February 13, suspected Maoists threw a socket bomb into a rubbish bin at a park in central Kathmandu. No one was injured, but it snarled traffic throughout the middle of town. The police do not have anyone in custody. Comment ------- 2. (C) The bomb indicates th [...]	2006-02-13 13:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU429	SUPREME COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF FORMER PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUPREME COURT DISSOLVES RCCC; THROWS OUT ALL DECISIONS --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (C) In a major decision, Nepal's Supreme Court on February 13 declared the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) [...]	2006-02-13 13:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU430	KOIRALA OPEN TO GESTURE BY KING, STRESSES INDIAN [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala explained that, unless the first move was made by the Palace, he could not meet with any representatives of His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN),rejecting a suggestion by Foreign Minister Pandey [...]	2006-02-13 13:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN NP
06KATHMANDU443	NEXT STEPS FOR POLITICAL PARTIES? [...] (C) In separate February 13 meetings with Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, central committee member of the Communist Party of Nepal, United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML),and Surya Bahadur Thapa, the Chairman of the National Democratic Party (Rastriya Janashakti Party-RJP),the Ambassador conveyed U.S. [...]	2006-02-14 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU448	PANDEY PREVIEWS POSSIBILITY OF OUTREACH TO THE [...] (C) In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pandey suggested that the King could, in his scheduled February 19 address to the nation, make an outreach to the Parties calling for an alliance of political forces, if the King could be assured of a positive response from the [...]	2006-02-15 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF NP
06KATHMANDU450	MAOIST LEADER CALLS U.S. THE ENEMY [...] (C) The Maoists appear engaged in a big push to declare the U.S. the enemy and India the good guy. In his early February interview with the Hindu, Maoist Chairman Prachanda contrasted the roles of India and the U.S since the King's February 1, 2005 takeover. Although he urged India to abando [...]	2006-02-15 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU454	VICE CHAIRMEN RECEPTIVE AND READY FOR [...] (C) In separate February 14 meetings with the Vice Chairmen of Nepal's Council of Ministers, Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, the Ambassador relayed USG satisfaction with the Supreme Court decision finding the Royal Commission on Corruption Control (RCCC) unconstitutional and ordering the rel [...]	2006-02-15 10:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU455	SUPREME COURT DECISIONS REINFORCE CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) The February 13 decision of the Supreme Court to dissolve the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) (reftel) reinforced Nepal's constitution as a viable document and could limit the King's authority. Reactions from the Parties and the media were generally positive. The Court als [...]	2006-02-15 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU465	BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE SKEPTICAL OF U.S. POSITION [...] (C) In a February 15 conversation, Anthony Stokes, head of the South Asia Group of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, questioned the Ambassador's urging reconciliation between the Parties and Palace before engaging the Maoists. Stokes pushed instead to start a three-way negotiation p [...]	2006-02-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU467	REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT RESPONSE FOR NEPAL BANK [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) On February 16, the Ambassador met with Craig McAllister, the Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Bank Limited (NBL),and undertook to provide a formal response from Washington regarding NBL's attempts to recover approximately USD 758 [...]	2006-02-17 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU468	DEUBA RELEASED, COMPROMISE QUESTIONABLE [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with the Ambassador, newly-released former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, head of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) party, expressed his thanks to the USG for its support while he was in detention, and had a generally positive reaction to the Ambassador's [...]	2006-02-17 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU47	UML WORRIED ABOUT KING MORE THAN MAOISTS [...] (C) Arguing that the King forced the Maoists to end their cease-fire, UML leader MK Nepal suggested to the Ambassador on January 4 three scenarios in which the Parties would chastise the Maoists for violence. The Ambassador countered that there was no excuse for the resumption of violence. MK [...]	2006-01-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU474	RELEASES CONTINUE AMID VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The government has released more than 900 student leaders, political activists and others arrested in the days leading up to the February 1 anniversary of the King's takeover and the February 8 municipal elections, although 800 remain in detention. Maoist violence throughout the country, [...]	2006-02-17 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU482	KING ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT IN HIS DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (U) In his message to the nation on Nepal's Democracy Day, February 19, King Gyanendra apparently attempted to reach out to the political parties. He called "on all willing political parties to come forth to fully activate, at the earliest, the stalled democratic process in the greater intere [...]	2006-02-21 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU553	REFOULEMENT OF TWO TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On February 24, UNHCR Protection officer told Emboff about a case of two sisters, age eight and thirteen, now at the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC),whom the Nepali authorities had turned over to the Chinese authorities in October/November 2005. The UNHCR officer has used two interpreters [...]	2006-02-24 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CH NP
06KATHMANDU558	U.S. POLICY RESULTS IN SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) In the wake of the failure of the February 8 municipal elections Nepal's King Gyanendra might have to be more flexible. Up until now, the seven-party alliance is maintaining its 12-point understanding and remains locked in an increasingly dangerous embrace with the Maoists. Meanwhile, th [...]	2006-02-24 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU566	INDIAN AMBASSADOR: SUMMIT AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (S/NF) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee believes it important that we show the King and the people of Nepal that we remain closely lashed up with respect to handling the situation here. In a February 27 conversation, Mukherjee suggested that it would be particularly useful if the President and Pr [...]	2006-02-27 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PINS IN NP
06KATHMANDU57	NEPAL LOSES PATIENCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a January 5 conversation with the Ambassador (other topics reported septel),FM Pandey reviewed his assessment of the Bhutanese refugee issue and how best to reach a solution. Noting that his main concern was the fate of the remaining ethnic Nepalese in Bhutan and his conviction that Bh [...]	2006-01-06 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU58	TREASURY ADVISORY NOTICE ON NORTH KOREA DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the Department of Treasury's advisory notice on North Korean Government agencies and associated front companies' illicit activities to Mr. Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Mr. Surendra SIPDIS Pradhan, Executive Director of Nepal's Central B [...]	2006-01-06 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU583	CRITICAL AMMUNITION SHORTAGE [...] (S) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Master General of Ordnance Major General Prakash Bahadur Basnyat told Emboff on February 28 that the RNA was running critically low on almost all types of ammunition. The RNA had 16,800 rounds of M-16 ammunition remaining in the depots for its 16,000 M-16s. In othe [...]	2006-02-28 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS PTER NP
06KATHMANDU597	FIGHTING IN WEST CONTINUES [...] (C) Since the January 31 Maoist attack on Tansen, headquarters of Palpa District (refs A and B),Embassy sources tell us up to 4,000 Maoists have remained in the area - Palpa, Rupandehi, Arghakhachi, and Nawalparasi Districts. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched a counter-offensive, including [...]	2006-03-02 12:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER NP
06KATHMANDU599	POLITICAL LEADERS CONSIDERING RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In recent meetings with political party leaders ranging from pro-royalist to democratic center to parliamentary left, the Ambassador pushed the need for reconciliation should the King reach out to the Parties. Narayan Khadka of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D) indicated the Part [...]	2006-03-02 13:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU600	ALTERING THE DISCUSSION: EMBASSY PUBLIC [...] In a case study of the value of public diplomacy, the Embassy has recently waged a broad and largely effective public discussion about the goals and intentions of the country's Maoist insurgents. Our centerpiece was a February 15 speech by Ambassador Moriarty that raised concrete questions ab [...]	2006-03-02 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO NP
06KATHMANDU623	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 6, the Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey to encourage support for the U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative (reftel). The Ambassador also encouraged Nepal to issue a public statement of support for the initiative. FM Pandey indicated Nepal supported the i [...]	2006-03-06 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NP
06KATHMANDU624	CHINA CONFIRMS NO LARGE-SCALE MILITARY SALES [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion, Chinese Ambassador Sun again stressed that China had decided not to proceed with large-scale lethal security assistance/sales to Nepal because India was "so sensitive" about it. Sun added that the utility of providing the lethal equipment was unclear, in light of [...]	2006-03-06 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER NP
06KATHMANDU628	MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 6, Embassy delivered talking points, reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai and urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to sign the Third Additional Protocol. Bhattarai undertook to r [...]	2006-03-07 07:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP
06KATHMANDU629	NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...]	2006-03-07 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP

06KATHMANDU633	SEVEN PARTIES URGE MAOISTS TO CALL OFF STRIKE [...] (U) As Maoist violence throughout the country continued, including an attack on the Ilam District headquarters killing 37 people, the leaders of the seven-party alliance urged the Maoists to call off their indefinite general strike planned to begin April 3. At the same time, the Parties reaffi [...]	2006-03-07 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREL NP
06KATHMANDU637	GOVERNMENT OFFERED TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE LOAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. USD 250 Million Loan at 5 percent --------------------------------- 2. (C) In a March 7 meeting, Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti sought the advice of the Ambassador regarding a proposed foreign loan to His Majesty's Government of N [...]	2006-03-08 06:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM EFIN UK NP
06KATHMANDU638	GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY DEREGULATES PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) On February 13, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced an end to government control over retail pricing of petrol and diesel. After successive financial crises faced by the monopoly state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in 2005, a major move toward deregulation of the pet [...]	2006-03-08 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU658	POLITICAL LEADERS SEEKING CLARITY WITH MAOISTS, [...] (C) On March 9, SCA PDAS Donald Camp met separately with leaders from the three largest political parties, G.P. Koirala - Nepali Congress (NC),Sher Bahadur Deuba - Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (UML) Acting General Secretary Amrit Kuma [...]	2006-03-10 07:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU660	FOREIGN MINISTER PANDEY DEFENDS KING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Pandey assured visiting SCA PDAS Camp on March 9 that the King was committed to multiparty democracy. Camp emphasized the importance of the King reaching out to the Parties, but Pandey asserted that the King had reached out and was waiting for the Parties to respond. Pan [...]	2006-03-10 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF NP
06KATHMANDU663	FINANCE MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR FUNDING NEEDED [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting, Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti told the Ambassador that Nepal needed external funding to support additional security costs. (Note: For FY 2004-2005 Nepal's security budget was 17.2 percent of the total government budget.) Jyoti noted that security in the [...]	2006-03-10 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS EFIN PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU672	HEAD OF CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AGENCY [...] (U) In a March 12 front page story, the Kathmandu Post reported that the Chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA),Surya Nath Upadhyay, was responsible for assisting a man in gaining false citizenship in 1993. The Kathmandu District Administration Office was [...]	2006-03-13 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU676	NEPAL'S INTERNATIONAL DONORS INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) Nepal's international donors, in a March 6 meeting with Finance Minister Jyoti, vented their frustration over poor conditions for development work in rural areas, the HMGN's inconsistent adherence to development operating guidelines and human rights violations. Several bilateral donor [...]	2006-03-13 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV ECON PREL PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU677	PDAS CAMP REITERATES BUSH MESSAGE ON NEPAL [...] (U) At a press conference in Kathmandu March 9, visiting PDAS Donald Camp built on President Bush's March 2 statement on Nepal and Ambassador Moriarty's February 15 policy speech to reiterate that the United States wanted to see the King reach out to the political parties and the Maoists give [...]	2006-03-13 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO NP
06KATHMANDU688	CHINA TO PROVIDE DUTY-FREE ACCESS FOR 500 NEPALI [...] (SBU) On March 14, news media reported that China would provide duty-free access to approximately 500 Nepali items, on a non-reciprocal basis. This news comes in advance of a three-day visit to Nepal by a Chinese delegation led by Chinese State Counselor Tang Jiaxuan, beginning March 16. Nain [...]	2006-03-15 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ECIN NP
06KATHMANDU689	PDAS CAMP VISIT: INDIAN, UK ENVOYS ON STATE OF [...] (S) Visiting SCA PDAS Camp and the Ambassador alerted the Indian and British ambassadors in a March 9 meeting that the Chief of Army Staff had acknowledged that the Royal Nepalese Army's stocks of ammunition were so low as to have reached a "crisis" point. Indian Ambassador Mukherjee maintain [...]	2006-03-15 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU690	MAOIST BLOCKADE DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE IN NEPAL [...] (U) Transport came to a standstill on March 14, crippling routine activity in many areas of the country on the first day of the Maoists' indefinite blockade of district headquarters. Although only about ten percent of normal traffic entered or exited the Valley, there was little impact on dai [...]	2006-03-15 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU723	MDA: NEPAL SIGNS THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 16, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) had signed the Third Additional Protocol in Geneva on March 15. SCHLOSSER [...]	2006-03-16 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP
06KATHMANDU741	MAOIST BLOCKADE CONTINUES, DISRUPTING KATHMANDU [...] (U) Fear of Maoist retribution continued to affect daily life around the country on March 15, the second day of the Maoist-called blockade of district headquarters and the capital. Due to limited supply, commodity prices soared in Kathmandu, and thousands of local commuters were inconvenienc [...]	2006-03-16 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU743	NEPAL DELEGATION TO USTDA TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Embassy Kathmandu was pleased to have one of its Emboffs accompany a two-member government delegation from Nepal to the United States Trade and Development Agencies' (USTDA) "Transportation Solutions for South Asia Trade" conference held in Mumbai, India, March 7-9, which highlighted trans [...]	2006-03-16 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EINV ELTN NP
06KATHMANDU745	MARCH 16 REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) The Nepal Country Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agreed with Nepal that the Bhutanese government continued to stall on progress toward returning Bhutanese refugees in Nepal to Bhutan and UNHCR was prepared to assist countries to internationaliz [...]	2006-03-16 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU751	HUMAN RIGHTS: DRL VISITORS FIND MIXED REVIEWS [...] (C) In a February 26 - March 3 visit to Nepal, DRL officers Saba Ghori and Jennifer King met with local human rights groups, politicians, and government officials in Kathmandu and Pokhara to discuss human rights, democracy, and labor issues in Nepal. Human rights groups explained that followi [...]	2006-03-17 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID NP
06KATHMANDU752	NEW IDP POLICY [...] (U) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a new policy for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on March 13. Home Minister Kamal Thapa, releasing the policy, explained that it was drafted in accordance with international humanitarian principles and designed to provide immediate h [...]	2006-03-17 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU753	NO MAOIST-PARTY AGREEMENT YET [...] (C) Late in the afternoon of March 17, the leaders of the seven-party alliance decided they needed more time to discuss the terms of an agreement modifying and clarifying the Maoist-Parties November 2005 12-point understanding (ref A) stemming from recent negations between Maoists and Party c [...]	2006-03-17 12:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU762	MAOISTS, PARTIES STICK TO UNDERSTANDING; BLOCKADE [...] (U) On March 19, as a result of negotiations between the Parties and the Maoists in New Delhi (ref A),leaders of the seven-party alliance and the Maoists signed separate documents reiterating their commitment to the 12-point understanding (ref B). Both sides stated they would continue dialog [...]	2006-03-20 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU766	FIGHTING WITH MAOISTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Early in the morning on March 21, Maoists attacked police stations in three areas across the country. They attacked an area police office in Birtamod, Jhapa District (southeastern Nepal). According to Jhapa Chief District Officer Bhola Shivakota, the Maoists killed nine policemen and inj [...]	2006-03-21 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU767	HOME MINISTER OFFERS PARTIES LITTLE SPACE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, the Charge urged Home Minister Thapa to release the ten remaining civil rights and political leaders in detention since January 19. The Charge also argued that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) should allow the political parties to conduct their planned peacef [...]	2006-03-21 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU768	CHINESE DELEGATION SUPPORTS DIALOGUE OF [...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan led a Chinese delegation to Kathmandu from March 16-18 that expressed hope for unity among "constitutional forces" in Nepal and signed two financial agreements. Tang delivered the message of the need for unity to leaders of three major parties of the seven-par [...]	2006-03-21 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF NP
06KATHMANDU77	FOREIGN MINISTER PANDEY ON RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pandey repeatedly stressed that good relations with the U.S. was key for Nepal as it tried to balance relations with its two powerful neighbors. Strained relations with the U.S. and India in the wake of the King's February, 2005 [...]	2006-01-09 07:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP
06KATHMANDU770	MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI [...] (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The police d [...]	2006-03-22 06:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU776	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES MAOISTS AND GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Saman Zia-Zarif, Deputy Director Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW),met with Emboffs on March 17 to outline the key human rights concerns related to the Maoist insurgency he encountered during his February 24-March 17 visit to Nepal. Major concerns included militarization of civil [...]	2006-03-23 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU781	DEUBA NOT OPTIMISTIC KING WILL REACH OUT [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with the Charg, Former Prime Minister and current President of the Nepali Congress Democratic party Sher Bahadur Deuba was not optimistic that the King would reach out to the Parties. Deuba noted that the King was "very clever" in saying he wanted democracy, but in r [...]	2006-03-23 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU791	SAARC SECRETARIAT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OBSERVER [...] (C) Prior to the Ambassador's return, Charge delivered reftel talking points in a March 22 meeting with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary General Mr. Chenkyab Dorji, who reacted positively to the U.S. request for observer status in SAARC. Dorji said the next s [...]	2006-03-23 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XD NP
06KATHMANDU798	RESIDENT TIBETANS APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 23, A.G. Tashi, the Dalai Lama's Representative for Tashi Palkhiel and Dhorpatan Tibetan Settlements near Pokhara in western Nepal, visited the Embassy, with instructions from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to draw attention to key issues facing Tibetan residents in Nepa [...]	2006-03-24 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU80	KING WORKING TO SPLIT ROYALIST PARTY [...] (C) Pashupati Shumsher Rana, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President, told the Ambassador that the King was "using the full resources of the state to break" the RPP, traditionally viewed as a pro-King party. Rana said that the King's goal was to use the RPP to field candidates in the Febru [...]	2006-01-09 08:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU805	MORE DETAILS ON SAARC OBSERVER STATUS FOR U.S. [...] (C) In a March 24 conversation with Emboff, Rajiv Chander, Director, India, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat, explained that, in light of the agreement to extend observer status to China and Japan and interest by South Korea and the U.S. (reftel),foreign se [...]	2006-03-24 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XD NP
06KATHMANDU807	GOVERNMENT JAILS UML LEADER [...] (U) On March 23, the government took Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary MK Nepal into police custody for "spreading false information" about the government. Nepal had been under house arrest of the previous two months. The government's actions foll [...]	2006-03-24 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU814	NORWAY CREATING "ARENA" TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER [...] (C) On March 24, Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng briefed the Ambassador on a Norwegian effort to bring a group of about 40 influential Nepalis from a broad spectrum together to share "Norwegian Experiences in Conflict Resolution and Mediation." Toreng, explaining this was not a "Norwegian in [...]	2006-03-27 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU817	UPDATE ON DEPT OF LABOR-FUNDED PROJECTS IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) During a February 27 - March 7 visit to Nepal, Department of Labor (DOL) International Relations Officer Vivita Rozenbergs found a mixed picture with respect to projects geared towards addressing child labor in Nepal. The regional anti-trafficking and child Timebound program executed by [...]	2006-03-27 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KOCI SMIG KWMN NP
06KATHMANDU819	MAOIST BOMBS AND KIDNAPPING OF POLISH CITIZENS; [...] (C) A Central Committee Member of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) publicly urged the Maoists to declare a cease-fire to "open a door" for dialogue between the "three political powers." A Maoist bomb inside Kathmandu's Ring Road on March 25, another at a college campus in western Nepal on Ma [...]	2006-03-27 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CASC ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU820	OSAC STEERING COMMITTEE NOMINEES IN PLACE [...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with RSO and Emboff, Sandip Shah of Bhote Koshi Power Company, N.N. Singh of Coca-Cola, and Sayed Karim of the American Life Insurance Company agreed to be nominees for the steering committee of Kathmandu's first Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Per the d [...]	2006-03-27 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSAC ECON NP
06KATHMANDU829	NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER ADAMANT THAT SEVEN-PARTY [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, ailing Nepali Congress President G.P Koirala stressed to the Ambassador that the seven-party alliance was "not joining hands with the Maoists because the Maoists have guns." He explained that the political parties did not want to be associated with the Maoist-called [...]	2006-03-28 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU830	RNA HUMAN RIGHTS CELL WORKING [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting, Col. Dharma Baniya, head of the Human Rights Cell of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),and Brig. Gen. B.A. Kumar Sharma, Judge Advocate General, told Emboffs that the RNA was working hard to improve its human rights record. Baniya gave a point by point reply to the U.S. [...]	2006-03-28 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP
06KATHMANDU831	GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATING APPOINTING A PRIME [...] (C) In separate March 27 meetings with the Ambassador, Vice Chairman Tulsi Giri and Home Minister Kamal Thapa each stated that the King was considering appointing a Prime Minister and relinquishing his Chairmanship of the Government. Giri mentioned that he was pushing former Prime Minister (a [...]	2006-03-28 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU833	PARTIES RESCHEDULE DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) According to Party contacts, the seven-party alliance canceled the mass demonstration set for April 8 in Kathmandu, and instead announced that the Parties would hold rallies in the districts April 6-9, in light of transportation difficulties associated with the general strike called during [...]	2006-03-28 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU835	DID MAOISTS ATTACK RADIO STATION BECAUSE OF U.S. [...] (C) Members of a visiting international media mission told Emboff that Maoists had told them a Maoist attack on a radio station in May 2005 was due to its American connection and that the Maoists had threatened future harm to any media with U.S. ties. Further investigation by the Embassy, ho [...]	2006-03-29 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC KPAO EAID NP
06KATHMANDU836	DANISH AND NORWEGIAN AMBASSADORS INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Danish Ambassador Finn Thilsted and Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng separately met with the Ambassador to discuss a joint approach to Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey on internationalizing the Bhutanese refugee issue. They suggested that the three of them together go in to discuss Bhut [...]	2006-03-29 08:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER IN NP
06KATHMANDU838	UPBEAT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEES POSSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador that he thought Nepal could successfully address the Maoist insurgency if enough military, diplomatic, political and economic pressure could be brought to bear on the Maoists. He cited a number of recen [...]	2006-03-29 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MASS MOPS MARR NP
06KATHMANDU843	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC NP
06KATHMANDU863	POLICE PUNISH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS [...] (C) On March 27, the police announced that they had taken departmental action against 996 police personnel for behaving "against the ethics of the police department" between April 2005 and March 2006. The Police Human Rights cell told Emboff that internal police investigations found 109 police [...]	2006-03-31 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM NP
06KATHMANDU866	INDIA NOT INTERESTED IN CHINA-U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) On March 29, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee told the Ambassador that "pretty definitively, New Delhi is not interested" in the proposal that India, China and the U.S. Ambassadors co-host talks between the Palace and the political parties. On March 31, the Ambassador met with Chinese Amb [...]	2006-03-31 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU867	POSITIVE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON GENDER EQUALITY [...] (U) On March 30, the Supreme Court ruled that the provision in the Civil Code allowing men to divorce women on the grounds of a woman's infertility was contrary to the constitutional guarantee to equality. Under the old law, a married man could seek divorce after ten years of marriage if a go [...]	2006-03-31 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU869	NEPAL-INDIA TRANSIT TREATY EXTENDED FOR SEVEN YEARS [...] (C) India and Nepal extended on March 30 their bilateral transit treaty for seven years, until January 5, 2013. In early January 2006, Indian and Nepali delegations had failed to agree on treaty extension criteria and the treaty was extended only three months until April 6 (reftel). Thus, ti [...]	2006-03-31 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV BEXP ELTN IN NP
06KATHMANDU883	PARTIES STRESS APRIL 6-9 GENERAL STRIKE WILL BE [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on March 30, United Marxist Leninist Party (UML) Acting General Secretary Amrit K. Bohara and Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party (NC(D)) Acting President Gopal Man Shrestha both stressed that the upcoming April 6-9 general strike (bandh) called by t [...]	2006-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU884	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES SHAKY LOAN [...] (C) On March 31, the Ambassador and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Advisor Sukhwinder Singh met with Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to refrain from proceeding with a shaky loan deal (ref A). Jyoti stated that he "heard" ou [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU891	IFIS ARGUE FOR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN NEPAL [...] (C) During an April meeting with the Ambassador, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Sukhwinder Singh, World Bank (WB) Country Director Ken Ohashi, and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hafeez Rahman stressed that ongoing development work was important and mak [...]	2006-04-04 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU894	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) On April 3, Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade and Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka separately met with the Ambassador to discuss the Bhutanese refugee issue. While neither the Australians nor the Japanese could immediately agree to the idea of a joint approach with the Danes and Norweg [...]	2006-04-04 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IN NP JA AS BT
06KATHMANDU895	MAOIST CALL KATHMANDU VALLEY-ONLY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On April 3, before the April 6-9 general strike and rallies planned by the seven-party alliance focused on the capital, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists announced a unilateral cease-fire for the Kathmandu Valley until further notice. Seven-party alliance leaders welcomed the "positiv [...]	2006-04-04 12:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU896	NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKING [...] (C) In a March 31 meeting, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Khatri and two other Commissioners thanked the Ambassador for USG support of the Commission, and detailed the NHRC's activities, especially its work to resolve old disappearance cases. While Nepalis had not reported a [...]	2006-04-05 05:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU906	UNSC: NEPAL TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C) On April 5, the Ambassador again raised with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey the importance the U.S. attaches to electing Guatemala to the UN Security Council for the Latin American seat. FM Pandey assured the Ambassador that Nepal would support Guatemala. MORIARTY [...]	2006-04-05 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC NP
06KATHMANDU907	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD [...] (SBU) On April 4, Post delivered a diplomatic note requesting support for the U.S. nomination of Julie Napier Zoller for election to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (reftel) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and a copy to the Ministry of Informa [...]	2006-04-05 11:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS NP
06KATHMANDU908	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTIVELY ARRESTS PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the April 6-9 peaceful protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent through targeted assassination, the government arrested over 100 po [...]	2006-04-05 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU910	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 12-14 VISIT OF CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Kathmandu. Your visit here should help further our two principle objectives in Nepal: restoring multi-party democracy and dealing with the Maoist insurgency. The King's takeover of February 1, 2005 was a step back for both of these goals. Since th [...]	2006-04-05 15:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF MASS NP
06KATHMANDU911	SUDAN: LEVERAGING NEPAL TOWARDS DARFUR [...] (C) On April 5, the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey Nepal's ability to contribute troops to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (ref A). The Ambassador noted that he had talked informally with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa, who had volunteered to [...]	2006-04-07 04:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU912	FOREIGN MINISTER ON REFUGEES [...] (C) In an April 5 meeting, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey urged the Ambassador to keep any process relating to Tibetan refugees as quiet as possible. He also asked the Ambassador not to put anything in writing as that increased the possibility of leaks to the Chinese, who continued to put [...]	2006-04-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU928	PARTIES TERM DAY ONE OF GENERAL STRIKE "TOTAL [...] (U) On April 7, the second day of the Parties' announced April 6-9 nationwide general strike, demonstrations and arrests continued in parts of the Kathmandu Valley. Normal life in Kathmandu remained largely quiet, however, as virtually all shops remained closed and few private vehicles were s [...]	2006-04-07 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINS NP
06KATHMANDU929	FORMER PM THAPA STRESSES KING MUST BE MENTALLY [...] (C) On April 7, Surya Bahadur Thapa, former Prime Minister and current chairman of Rastriya Jyanashakti Party, told the Ambassador that he had recently met with Prabhakar Rana who convinced Thapa to have "not exactly hope, but some indicator" that the King was thinking of moving. Thapa recoun [...]	2006-04-10 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU931	DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST IN DEFIANCE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On April 10, pro-democracy protesters took to the streets nationwide for the fifth day, in defiance of the third day of a government-called curfew, and despite security forces killing at least four protesters in the last two days. The seven-party alliance announced an indefinite continuat [...]	2006-04-10 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU934	GOVERNMENT LOSING CONTROL? [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) There is a growing sense in Nepal that time is running out for King Gyanendra and that the situation is slipping out of control. Since the seven-party alliance started their general strike on April 6, which they have [...]	2006-04-10 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU935	DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 05:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA NP
06KATHMANDU944	MAOIST LEADERS' STATEMENT: WE'RE IN CHARGE [...] (C) In their April 9 statement (unofficial translation in para. 5),Maoist leaders Prachanda and Dr. Baburam Bhattarai appear as if they are trying to make it clear that the Maoists, not the political parties, have the upper hand in directing the current anti-King, pro-republic movement. Stres [...]	2006-04-11 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU946	AMBASSADOR PRESSING NEPALI GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) On April 10, the Ambassador spoke separately with Vice-Chairmen Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to release political detainees, reach out to the political parties, and lift the curfew. Bista limited his response to agreeing that matters we [...]	2006-04-11 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU948	PROTESTS CONTINUE AS PARTIES ENJOY MOMENTUM [...] (C) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a day-time curfew in Kathmandu for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to deal with growing civil unrest on the sixth day of the Party-organized pro-democracy movement. Protests continued across the country while political party leade [...]	2006-04-11 13:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU950	INDIANS THINKING OF PRESSURING BHUTAN ON REFUGEES [...] (C) On April 7, the Ambassador met separately with his Indian and Australian counterparts and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Representative Abraham Abraham to discuss Bhutanese refugee issues. Cognizant of His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN) fear that Bhu [...]	2006-04-12 05:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU957	PROFESSIONALS INCREASING SUPPORT FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Numerous professionals and professional organizations have either announced their support through press statements or staged protests around the country as pro-democracy demonstrations called by the seven-party alliance continued into a seventh day. Health services in major hospitals arou [...]	2006-04-12 12:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM NP
06KATHMANDU958	DAY-TIME CURFEW IN KATHMANDU LIFTED; CURFEW [...] (U) On April 12, day seven of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country again took to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Following April 8-11 day-time curfews, which protesters had increasingly disregarded, the governme [...]	2006-04-12 13:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU959	POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS HOPING KING WILL OFFER [...] (C) In separate meetings on April 12, the Ambassador urged Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Amrit Bohara and Central Committee Member Bharat Mohan Adhikari to respond positively if the King makes a good faith offer in his New Year's Message on Ap [...]	2006-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU962	POKHARA: STUNNED NEPALI TOURIST TOWN COPES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 8-10 visit to the tourist city of Pokhara, A/DCM witnessed an almost total lockdown of the city in the wake of occasionally violent demonstrations, the fatal shooting of one protestor, vandalism of government property and widespread road blockages during a genera [...]	2006-04-13 11:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINS PREL NP
06KATHMANDU964	HMGN REPORTS SUPPORT FOR U.S. OBSERVER STATUS IN [...] (C) During an April 11 conversation on other subjects with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee mentioned that GOI reports from the ongoing South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) sub-ministerial meeting in Dhaka indicated that the Nepal delegation was actively o [...]	2006-04-13 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XD NP
06KATHMANDU965	MAOISTS BLOCK FOOD ACCESS TO BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Maoist roadblocks on the highways in eastern Morang District, part of the Maoist "support of the seven-party alliance movement" (reftel),have prevented the World Food Program (WFP) from resupplying Bhutanese refugee camps with foodstuffs. Over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in seven camps i [...]	2006-04-13 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER NP
06KATHMANDU966	MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON [...] (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MLTM) organized and funded its first ever one-day exhibition on foreign employment at Kathmandu's convention center. MLTM spokesperson Dhruba Sharma, said the purpose for organizing the exhibition was to acquaint overseas job s [...]	2006-04-13 12:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB SMIG NP
06KATHMANDU969	WAITING FOR KING'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) On the eighth day of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country continued to take to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Though there was no day-time curfew in Kathmandu on April 13, the government arrested over 200 p [...]	2006-04-13 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU971	KING'S NEW YEARS' MESSAGE DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) The King's much anticipated New Year's speech on April 14 contained no concrete initiatives, but called on "all political parties to join in a dialogue, which we have always advocated, to bear the responsibility of and contribute towards activating the multiparty democratic polity." Par [...]	2006-04-14 07:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
06KATHMANDU990	BANKING SECTOR PROVIDING LIMITED SERVICES, CASHING [...] (C) A possible paycheck crisis (reftel) has yet to materialize in Kathmandu as officials from one state-owned bank and two private banks told Emboff that they had been cashing checks and providing limited banking services throughout the now twelve-day strike. Bursa Shrestha of Nabil Bank (pri [...]	2006-04-17 13:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN NP
06KATHMANDU991	MAOISTS SHOOT AND INJURE ONE BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (OHCHR) office reported to Emboff that Maoists shot and injured a Bhutanese refugee on April 16 outside the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa District during an Armed Police Force (APF) and Maoist gunfight. On April 15 several s [...]	2006-04-17 13:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU992	FUEL SHORTAGES AND INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES GROWING [...] (C) Fuel has become increasingly hard to find in Kathmandu and may reach a critical shortage within ten days due to the Maoist road closures (ref A). Ikshya Bikram Thapa, Manager of Nepal Oil Corporation's (NOC) fuel depot in Thankot (western Kathmandu Valley) explained to Emboff that no new [...]	2006-04-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON AMGT NP
06KATHMANDU993	PARTIES TRYING TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON KING [...] (C) As pro-democracy demonstrations continued throughout the country and in Kathmandu on April 17, the twelfth day of the seven-party alliance general strike, media reported that the King had invited former Prime Ministers to the Palace to talk. Party leaders expected seven-party alliance memb [...]	2006-04-17 13:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1001	BHUTANESE REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT ONGOING [...] (C) Recent press reports in Nepal and India have concluded that 70,000 - 80,000 Nepali-ethnic Bhutanese, called Lhotsampa, were not permitted to participate in the mock elections held in Bhutan in April. The reports also suggested that these people might be subject to eviction from Bhutan. G [...]	2007-05-18 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1002	UNMIN CHIEF CONFIRMS VERIFICATION, ELECTION PREP [...] (C) UNMIN Chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador May 17 that he continued to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists to allow the second phase of combatant verification to begin, but so far had seen little movement. Martin and visiting Senior UN Political Affairs Officer for South A [...]	2007-05-18 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1003	NEPAL: SILENCE HANDICAPS OHCHR [...] (C) On May 17, the Ambassador told Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),that OHCHR's silence regarding the Young Communist League (YCL) was destroying OHCHR's credibility. Sundh assured the Ambassador that OHCHR was preparing [...]	2007-05-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: NEW PEACE MINISTER STARTING TO MAKE PROGRESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador May 18 that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel was getting things done. Under his leadership, the Government of Nepal (GON) was finally starting to come to grips, most importantly, with conditions in t [...]	2007-05-21 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1009	NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO BEGIN SOON [...] (C) On May 21, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Suresh Chalise confirmed to Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Hugins that the Maoists had agreed to allow verification of Maoist combatants to begin. Chalise expected verification might commence within a week. Prime Minister [...]	2007-05-21 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1027	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES MEETS WITH CORE [...] (C) On May 23, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres thanked the Core Group in Kathmandu for paving the way for third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. He had observed in his May 22 meetings that the Government of Nepal (GON) had accepted and endorsed a [...]	2007-05-23 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU1028	NEPAL: FORMER PM: "EVERYONE IS KEEPING MUM" [...] (C) On May 23, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra had no intention to step down. Thapa had told Gyanendra that it might be wise to abdicate in order to "preserve [...]	2007-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1032	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Barry, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a country that is teetering on the brink of becoming either a showcase for democratic transformation or a failed or totalitarian state threatening stability in the reg [...]	2007-05-24 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1033	NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR AGREES MAOISTS HAVE NOT [...] (C) The Maoists have not given up violence and intimidation, agreed Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xianglin in a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador. The two Ambassadors also discussed splinter ethnic groups in the Terai, their potential impact on elections, and the Maoist reaction to these groups. [...]	2007-05-24 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM KDEM CH NP
07KATHMANDU1035	MELAMCHI FIASCO HAS JAPANESE WONDERING ABOUT [...] (C) On May 24, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka indicated to the Ambassador that Japanese soft lending may be affected by recent mishandling of the Melamchi Water Supply Project by Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hisila Yami. Her decision to refuse to award the management contract [...]	2007-05-25 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ADB ABLD JA NP
07KATHMANDU104	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT POLICE ADVISORS, EXPLOSIVES [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee requested a meeting with the Ambassador January 18 to relay New Delhi's concern with references in the draft UN Security Resolution (UNSCR) on Nepal to police advisors as well as the U.S.-proposed clause on explosive devices. Ambassador Mukherjee said that, whil [...]	2007-01-18 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP UN
07KATHMANDU1042	NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO RAISE PENDING [...] (C) In response to a request from the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pradhan agreed May 24 to raise the U.S. interest in a speedy process for parents with pending Nepali adoptions with Maoist Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Biswokarma and in the cabinet. At the same time, the Am [...]	2007-05-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS KFRD KOCI PREF PTER EAID ADB
07KATHMANDU1045	NEPAL: MADHESI CONCERNS ARE PRIORITY IN CENTRAL [...] (C) Political leaders and government officials in the capitals of three Central and Eastern Terai districts -- Janakpur, Siraha, and Biratnagar -- expressed concern to Emboff during a May 16-18 visit that political turmoil in the troubled Southern borderland with India would increase dramatica [...]	2007-05-25 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU105	NEPAL: UN ARMS MONITORING BEGINS [...] (C) On January 17, Ian Martin's political advisor John Norris told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the UN arms monitoring team had begun the arms management process at the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) 3rd Division cantonment site in Chitwan District at around noon. The process began with [...]	2007-01-18 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1058	NEPAL: NEW ELECTION DATE STILL PROVING ELUSIVE [...] (C) A leading Nepali Congress - Democratic politician told the Ambassador May 28 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance was still at loggerheads over a new date for the Constituent Assembly election. According to Member of Parliament Minendra Rijal, Alliance meetings on May 27 and 28 failed t [...]	2007-05-29 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1059	AMBASSADOR VISITS BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS, [...] (SBU) On May 25, despite rocks thrown by Young Communist League activists in Jhapa District (ref A),the Ambassador held several successful meetings with refugee teachers, youth and the elected camp management. Questions regarding resettlement were largely practical. On May 26, Communist Par [...]	2007-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1064	NEPAL: PURE PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (C) In two recent meetings, IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Nepal's agenda for the Constituent Assembly election was largely stalled. Certain steps, such as the registration of political parties, were moving ahead, but man [...]	2007-05-30 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1069	AMBASSADOR URGES HOME MINISTER TO HOLD MAOISTS [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Ambassador sharply criticized the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking his vehicle in Jhapa on May 25 and for threatening and intimidating Nepalese with impunity across the country. The Maoist leade [...]	2007-05-30 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV BT NP

07KATHMANDU1077	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS GROWING INCREASING [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 22 and May 30 both Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML),blamed Prime Minister Koirala for [...]	2007-05-31 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1078	ROYAL CONFIDANT SAYS PROGRESS ON "DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador May 30 that he and others were working to build a democratic front that would unite the main political parties in support of the Prime Minister. The front would then pressure the Maoists to uphold peace agreement commitments. Rana repor [...]	2007-05-31 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU1089	FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR MORE PROGRESS ON MAOIST [...] (C) On May 31, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concern regarding continued Maoist abuses; he also stressed the need to set a timetable for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and to include marginalized ethnic [...]	2007-06-01 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1091	NEPAL: SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT HOPEFUL POLITICAL [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance had reached an informal understanding on a new date for a Constituent Assembly ele [...]	2007-06-01 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1092	NEPAL: ELECTION COMMISSION HAS PLAN BUT LACKS LAWS [...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the externalities, including the uncertain security situation and the absence of election legislation, were the Election [...]	2007-06-01 13:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1093	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESOLUTE THAT ELECTION BE [...] (C) On June 1, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala explained to Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the Eight-Party Alliance had agreed the day before to hold the Constituent Assembly election in November. All of the parties had si [...]	2007-06-02 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1099	OHCHR FAILING TO REPORT ON MAOIST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 31 Lena Sundh, head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, defended her recent newspaper interview in which she slammed the failure by the Government of Nepal (GON) to implement its human rights commitments while saying nothing about Maoist abuses [...]	2007-06-04 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1112	INDIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES MAOISTS ARE OUT OF [...] (C/NF) Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador June 4 that the Maoists had intensified their campaign of threats and intimidation. Mukherjee admitted he was being recalled by the Government of India (GOI) for consultations amid fears that the Maoists were out of control. [...]	2007-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1116	NEPAL: MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT CONDITIONS ON [...] (C) There is a strong case for certifying that the requirements of the Leahy Amendment for U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) have been met for Nepal given the significant progress the Government of Nepal (GON) has made in restoring human rights. Resumption of FMF is also in U.S. national [...]	2007-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1117	KATAWAL CONFIRMS NEPAL ARMY'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal(COAS) told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty June 1 that the Nepal Army (NA) was uncomfortable with the prospect of working under a "leftist" regime. Katawal explained th [...]	2007-06-06 10:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1118	NEPAL: MINORITY LEADERS DEMAND MEANINGFUL ELECTIONS [...] (C) On May 31, three leaders from politically underrepresented groups and a human rights leader expressed to visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty their concerns about equal representation in the Government and a meaningful C [...]	2007-06-06 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1119	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL NGOS PESSIMISTIC ON NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) The IFES Country Representative, Asia Foundation Country Representative, and Carter Center Field Director told Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on June 2 that many complex issues would have be resolved if the Government of Nepal hoped to [...]	2007-06-06 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1132	HOME MINISTER RELINQUISHES ROLE AS NEGOTIATOR WITH [...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula stressed to the Ambassador June 6 that "it was no longer my job" to negotiate with Maoists on behalf of the Seven-Party Alliance. Peace and Reconstruction Minister Poudel would now be taking the lead. Sitaula told the Ambassador that the four Young Communist League [...]	2007-06-07 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1133	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER CLAIMS ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On June 5, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who is the second-most senior Maoist leader, phoned the British Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Bute, to ask that he pass two messages to the U.S. Embassy. According to Bute, Bhattarai said that the May 25 stoning by Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) activ [...]	2007-06-07 13:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1137	NEPAL: NHRC STILL AWAITING COMMISSIONERS [...] (C) On June 1, Acting Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Padma Mathema, told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that the absence of Commissioners was the NHRC's most critical concern. Mathema said that she had stressed to [...]	2007-06-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1142	MELAMCHI: ADB'S $350 MILLION DREAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) The future of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) USD 350 million Melamchi Water Supply Project has grown increasingly uncertain since the new Maoist Minister for Physical Planning and Construction, Hisila Yami, decided in early May to postpone awarding the contract for the management of [...]	2007-06-11 13:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID SENV NP
07KATHMANDU1167	NEPAL: ACTIVE MAOISTS, INACTIVE POLICE IN POKHARA [...] (C) In Pokhara on June 12, Western Region Administrator Medini Sharma told the Ambassador that attacks by the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) were ongoing, despite police efforts to "coordinate with security forces and political parties." Political party representatives from the Nepali Co [...]	2007-06-13 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1168	UNMIN CHIEF SAYS MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),announced at a June 12 press conference that UNMIN would begin verification of Maoist combatants on June 14. Martin also highlighted the importance of public security for a free and fair Constituent Assembly election an [...]	2007-06-13 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1188	KILLINGS OF MAOISTS IN TERAI PROMPT DELAY IN [...] (C) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador June 14 that the launch of the second phase of UNMIN's registration of Maoist "combatants" -- combatant verification -- had been unexpectedly delayed. He indicated the senior Maoist leadership had decided to hold [...]	2007-06-15 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1191	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) Post's avian influenza (AI) working group held a virtual meeting on June 11. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of more reported outbreaks in nearby Bangladesh. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness [...]	2007-06-18 05:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU1194	SPEAKER NEMWANG UPBEAT AFTER PARLIAMENT PASSES [...] (C) On June 15 the Ambassador congratulated Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on the Interim Parliament's passage on June 14 of the key Constituent Assembly Members Election Act. The Speaker emphasized that he and others had made great efforts to ensure the election process woul [...]	2007-06-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1196	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER CALLS FOR U.S. TO TALK TO [...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on June 14 and 16, and strongly in a June 16 press conference, former President Jimmy Carter called for the United States to end its policy of not meeting with the Maoists. Although press reports claimed in the wake of Mr. Carter's June 15 session with Maoi [...]	2007-06-18 13:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1197	NEPAL: INDIAN OFFICIALS TAKE TOUGHER STAND ON [...] (C) On June 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee confirmed to the Ambassador that the Government of India had taken a tougher line on Maoist abuses. Mukherjee's recent visit to New Delhi had coincided with the visit of Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Ma [...]	2007-06-18 13:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU1204	UNDP PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE TO UNMIN [...] (C) UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Matthew Kahane told the Ambassador June 18 that UNDP was contributing the majority of the over 100 UN personnel deployed to manage verification of Maoist combatants. Kahane said the duration of the process would depend on whether the [...]	2007-06-19 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU121	RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD NP
07KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: FORTY-EIGHT NEW MPS ROUND OUT INTERIM [...] (C) On the eve of the Interim Parliament's first session on January 15 (Ref A),the governing Seven Party-Alliance and the Maoists appointed representatives to fill the 48 additional seats the November 8 peace agreement had allocated to civil society (Ref B). The Maoists had previously announ [...]	2007-01-19 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU1227	NEPAL GOVERNMENT AND UNHCR MUST ACT QUICKLY ON [...] (SBU) In a briefing for donors on June 18, visiting UNHCR Field Security Advisor Leigh Hollingsworth lamented that the Government of Nepal (GON) had failed to communicate to local officials and security forces in Jhapa District its policy to support third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refu [...]	2007-06-21 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1228	NEPAL: UN EXPERT MONITORING TEAM COMPLETES FIRST [...] (C) The Team Leader of the United Nations Electoral Expert Monitoring Team told the Ambassador on June 20 that he was optimistic about the progress Nepal was making in preparing for a Constituent Assembly (CA) election in November. Dr. Rafael Lopez-Pintor was satisfied with the recently enacte [...]	2007-06-21 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU123	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER SAYS POLICE TO BE DEPLOYED [...] (C) On January 19, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to re-instate all police posts across the country within one week. Sitaula added that the GON also planned a significant presence of the Armed Police Force in every voting co [...]	2007-01-19 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1236	MAOISTS INTIMIDATE PRIVATE MEDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) The decision this week by a private Nepal media house to suspend publication of its two daily newspapers in the face of Maoist pressure has fanned concern among private news executives about threats to their editorial independence. Kamana Prakashan Samuha (Pvt.) Ltd., which has resisted [...]	2007-06-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1247	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER OPPOSED TO LEFT ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 22, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader and former Foreign Minister K.P. Oli stressed that the center-left UML would reject any attempt at an alliance with the Maoists. Oli was critical of both Home Minister Sitaula (Nep [...]	2007-06-25 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1248	NEPAL: FINANCE MINISTER WANTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador June 22 that the Government of Nepal's most pressing need was support for the Nepal Police to ensure a free and fair Constituent Assembly election. The Ambassador said the U.S. had come up with an additional USD 2.8 million for election security [...]	2007-06-25 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1249	NEPAL: CABINET SETS DATE OF NOVEMBER 22 FOR [...] (U) The Nepali Cabinet agreed at its meeting on June 24 to hold the Constituent Assembly election on November 22. The decision, which had been expected at the previous cabinet meeting on June 21, was on the early side of the range of dates under consideration. Prime Minister Koirala had publ [...]	2007-06-25 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1262	DEMARCHE ON END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 09:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1292	NEW DELHI OFFERING NEPAL SIGNIFICANT SECURITY [...] (C) On June 29, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that the Government of India (GOI) would significantly enhance security assistance to the Nepali Police and Armed Police Force. The Indian Ambassador said New Delhi had already clamped down on the Nepal-India borde [...]	2007-07-03 06:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU1297	NEPAL: MUSLIMS WANT AN ELECTION QUOTA TOO [...] (C) On June 27, Izhar Mikrani, who is the President of the Intellectual Muslim Association of Nepal, requested that the United States use its influence to persuade the Government of Nepal (GON) to revise the Constituent Assembly (CA) Members Election Act (reftel) to grant Muslims a specific per [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1298	NEPAL: UNMIN POLITICAL ADVISER SAYS COMBATANT [...] (C) On July 1, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) political adviser John Norris informed Emboff that Maoist chief Pushpa Dahal had suspended further verification of Maoist combatants after receiving the results of UNMIN's review of members of the Maoist "1st Division." Dahal had asked for a delay unt [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1307	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RULES OUT COUP [...] (S) On July 2, during the Ambassador's farewell call on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, the COAS revealed that he had had three visitors from King Gyanendra in recent days who had urged him to "move" to "save the country." He told the Ambassador that he had rejected the request [...]	2007-07-06 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV MARR NP
07KATHMANDU1314	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF OPPOSES INTEGRATION OF MAOISTS [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal told the Ambassador July 2 that he opposed integrating Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army for "five years." He estimated it would take that long for democracy to take root in Nepal. He said he had stressed to Prime Minister G.P. Koirala on [...]	2007-07-06 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER IN CH NP
07KATHMANDU1320	AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER: REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (C) On July 6, the Ambassador highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concerns regarding the intimidation and terror tactics the Bhutanese Communist Party and traditional Bhutanese refugee leaders were using in the refugee camps to discourage resettlement. Pradhan agreed that ther [...]	2007-07-09 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER CVIS KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1328	NEPAL: HOME MINISTRY TO HIRE 75,000 POLICE FOR [...] (C) During a farewell call July 10 on Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, the Ambassador stressed that the Maoists had miscalculated by assuming that the Nepal Army would acquiesce if the Maoists attempted to seize power. Pushing ahead with the Constituent Assembly polls in November was the best wa [...]	2007-07-11 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1329	NEPAL PROMISES TROOPS FOR DARFUR MISSION [...] (C) The Acting Defense Secretary told Emboff and the Defense Attache July 3 that the Defense Ministry supported contributing troops to the planned UN/African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur. The Prime Minister had recently approved increasing the ceiling on the number of Nepali peacekeepers [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS KDEM SU NP
07KATHMANDU1332	NEPAL: SPEAKER SAYS INTERIM PARLIAMENT SERIOUS [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador July 10 that the Interim Parliament was busy preparing for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and the passage of a new budget. Nemwang stated that, after the budget was passed, the Interim Parliament had one more ele [...]	2007-07-12 15:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1333	NEPAL: PEACE MINISTER SAYS EUROPEANS PAMPERING [...] (C) On July 10, Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador that the Maoists were delaying resumption of the combatant verification and had not changed their behavior. The Minister complained that the Europeans, by "pampering" the Maoists, were increasing Maoist [...]	2007-07-12 15:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR EAD UN NP
07KATHMANDU1334	NEPAL: REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Representatives from several child-focused international NGOs reported to Emboffs in late June that they and other similar NGOs under the leadership of the UN Children's Fund were poised to assist with reintegration of former Maoist child combatants. They had devised a standard reinte [...]	2007-07-12 15:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU1339	MAOIST DELAYING VERIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) On July 12, UNMIN Chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Maoists had suspended the verification process, stating that they wanted further discussions on separate issues with other political parties and wanted to hear the views of the Maoist commanders on the ground. Martin indicate [...]	2007-07-13 04:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1340	KOIRALA THANKS U.S. AND CRITICIZES YCL [...] (C) In comments to the Ambassador after serving as the guest of honor at the dedication of the New Embassy Chancery on July 11, Prime Minister (PM) Girija Prasad Koirala expressed deep concern about the intentions and goals of the Maoists. The PM was also worried about continued unrest in the [...]	2007-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1341	DEUBA FRUSTRATED BY MAOISTS IN NEPAL [...] (C) Meeting the Ambassador July 12, Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) party, expressed frustration with the Maoists and the Young Communist League (YCL),stressing that they consistently ignored agreements made with the government. Deuba confirmed that uni [...]	2007-07-13 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1344	UPDATE FROM NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokhrel told the Ambassador in a July 12 meeting that negotiations that same day on a Code of Conduct had focused on election expenses. Pokhrel had already designed an enforcement strategy to counter code violations. Getting the Maoists to participate i [...]	2007-07-13 07:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1345	KING'S SUPPORTERS HAVE LOST HOPE [...] (C) On July 11, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra's supporters had lost all hope for the future of the monarchy. Rana said the King was aware of his extremely weak position, but he still hoped that the Government of India and the passage of time might r [...]	2007-07-13 08:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ECON IN NP
07KATHMANDU1347	MK NEPAL CONFIRMS NO LEFT ALLIANCE [...] (C) On July 10, MK Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),reported to the Ambassador that his party had finished a 15 day party meeting at which the party members had discussed the conditions for the election in the countryside. Nepal told [...]	2007-07-13 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1373	NEPAL: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) In a series of meetings with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Women and Social Welfare (MWSW),and the Ministry of Labor and Transport, Emboff delivered talking points and the final text of Nepal's country narrative from the 2007 Trafficking in Person (TIP) [...]	2007-07-18 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SOCI KPAO EAID IP NP
07KATHMANDU1376	BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT STILL FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Nepal (GON) has agreed to third-country resettlement as an option for the Bhutanese refugees, bureaucratic and security obstacles continue to delay the start of resettlement processing: IOM still needs to conclude an MOU with the GON; the GON is resis [...]	2007-07-18 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL BT NP
07KATHMANDU1389	GON OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT ON CAMP SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Nepal (GON) officials advised refcoord July 19 and 20 that the MOU between the GON and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) should be signed within two weeks; that the GON is fully committed to establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and [...]	2007-07-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL NP BT
07KATHMANDU1458	DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NP
07KATHMANDU1459	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 11:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1488	AI CONSIDERED UNDETECTED IN NEPAL [...] At an August 2 meeting of Post's avian influenza (AI) working group, Dr. Zandra Andre from USAID's Health and Child Survival Fellows Program briefed post on the spread of AI in South Asia and the level of Nepal's preparedness. With reported outbreaks in India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Nepal was [...]	2007-08-06 05:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU AID SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU1523	UPDATE ON DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1530	NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI [...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]	2007-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1531	NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN REFUGEE TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 Tibetan refugee Tsering Wangchen was deported from Nepal to China in an apparent violation of the so-called &gentlemen,s agreement8 between the Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR whereby new Tibetan refugee arrivals are permitted to transit Nepal to India and are not [...]	2007-08-10 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL NP CH
07KATHMANDU154	NEPAL: FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, please find below the list of the five most influential women in Nepal: - Chitra Lekha Yadav, The Honorable Member of Interim Parliament and Deputy Speaker, Phone: 977-1-554-8085 or 977-1-552-0278, email: yadavchitralekha@yahoo.com - Urmila Aryal, The Honorable Member of [...]	2007-01-22 09:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KWMN NP
07KATHMANDU155	TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPRECIATES [...] (C) On August 10, with just over 100 days to go before the Constituent Assembly (CA) election, Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel reviewed for the Ambassador the Commission's current work on voter education, the code of conduct, as well as its efforts to encourage political parties [...]	2007-08-15 06:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU157	INDIA, UK, NORWAY ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee, Norwegian Ambassador Toreng and UK Ambassador Hall lamented the agreement to give a Maoist the Deputy Prime Minister slot, discussed the need for a strong Election Commission mandate, and shared growing [...]	2007-01-22 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU1572	NEPAL: MAOIST LETTER TO AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR NEW [...] (C) On August 20, the Ambassador received a letter from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) leader Krishna Mahara in his capacity as a Central Committee member. Mahara also serves as Nepal's Minister of Information and Communications, but wrote only in his party capacity. The two-page [...]	2007-08-20 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1577	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF ASKS FOR AMBASSADOR'S HELP TO [...] (C) At an August 15 introductory courtesy call, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal requested the Ambassador's assistance to protect the Nepalese Army from institutional alteration after the Constituent Assembly election. General Katawal listed the chief threats he perceives [...]	2007-08-21 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU158	INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee and UK Ambassador Hall stressed the importance of arms management before Maoist entry into government and expressed concern over the security climate in the countryside. Ambassador Moriarty and Ambassado [...]	2007-01-22 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN UK NP
07KATHMANDU1580	FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING [...] (C) On August 20, Nepali Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat told the Ambassador, USAID Director Beth Paige and visiting senior Senate Appropriations Committee staffer Tim Rieser that the Government of Nepal (GON) anticipated a shortfall of approximately USD 30 million in funds for the Const [...]	2007-08-22 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU160	NEPAL: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MAY BE A MAOIST [...] (C) Hannes Siebert, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, informed the Ambassador January 19 that the Maoists had expected to obtain the Speakership of the Interim Parliament and had been surprised when the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) agreed to give them the Deputy Prime Ministership instead. T [...]	2007-01-23 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1603	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION, REFUGEES AND [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Pradhan on August 13, the Ambassador emphasized the ongoing U.S. interest in assisting Nepal with its upcoming Constituent Assembly election and its democratic transition. Minister Pradhan responded that the election was the Gov [...]	2007-08-24 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF ELAB KDEM KWMN AMGT BT
07KATHMANDU1613	HOME MINISTER TRYING TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) On August 23 Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the violent activities of the Maoists and of Madhesi splinter groups in the Terai were among many challenges to the Constituent Assembly election. Sitaula said that the Government of Nepal (GON) was attempting to r [...]	2007-08-27 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF EAID KSEC KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1631	BHUTANESE REFUGEE DONOR GROUP REVIEWS RESETTLEMENT [...] Summary: UNHCR Nepal Representative Abraham Abraham convened a Donor Group meeting on August 24 to review developments in establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and preparing for large-scale resettlement processing. According to Abraham, police would be deployed 24/7 to all seve [...]	2007-08-29 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL NP
07KATHMANDU164	NEPAL: MECHANISMS OF GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) At its second sitting on January 17, the Interim Parliament elected Subash Nemwang as Speaker. Nemwang was the Speaker of the previous House of Representatives as well. The election came after a day of negotiations between the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists. Manohar [...]	2007-01-24 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU165	NEPAL: IAN MARTIN COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- See para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) The UN Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin informed the Ambassador January 22 that the process of Maoist arms management was progressing fairly smoothly at the two main People's Liberation Army camps [...]	2007-01-24 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1665	INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON UNMIN MANDATE AND CONCERNS OF [...] (C) During a meeting August 31 with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee noted that he is increasingly concerned about UN mission creep in Nepal. He started by saying that unless work begins now in New York on an extension of the current mandate, the UN staff here will s [...]	2007-09-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1666	BOMBINGS IN KATHMANDU [...] (C) At approximately 4:30 p.m. September 2, three bombs exploded simultaneously in downtown Kathmandu, killing two and injuring twenty nine. Two little know Terai based groups -Terai Utthan Sangh (Terai Upliftment Union) and Terai Army -have claimed responsibility, but investigations continue [...]	2007-09-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU168	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL'S [...] (C) In a hospital bedside conversation with the Ambassador January 23, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli expressed his grave concern about Nepal's political situation. Oli stressed that the Maoists had not given up their goal of capturing state power. He stated that it was [...]	2007-01-25 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PINR BT NP
07KATHMANDU1687	NEPALI CONGRESS CENTRAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FEDERAL [...] (U) On September 5, the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress endorsed a proposal for a federal democratic republic. A long time in the making, this step demonstrates that those in favor of a ceremonial monarchy have lost the upper hand within the party. Measures in the proposal d [...]	2007-09-06 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1691	UPDATE ON ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL [...] (C) At the inaugural meeting of Post's Democracy Working Group August 31 representatives from NDI and IFES presented sobering assessments of the status of preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 22. Behind the scenes discussions to ensure that leaders of the Eight- [...]	2007-09-07 05:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU171	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR TALKS TOUGH, BUT SEEMS WORRIED [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, stressed to the DCM January 24 that the Maoists would not be allowed into the Interim Government until Maoist arms management was complete. Chalise was unhappy with the way the UN was handling arms monitori [...]	2007-01-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1714	UPDATE ON ELECTION CHALLENGES IN NEPAL [...] (C) On September 7, the Democracy Working Group meeting focused on IFES, concerns about technical and logistical challenges to the Constituent Assembly (CA) election. IFES has made progress in enhancing Nepal's ability to print the ballots in Nepal for the CA election, however, outstanding is [...]	2007-09-11 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1719	NEPAL'S FIRST NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING DAY [...] (U) The Government of Nepal and private groups took advantage of the first national Anti-Trafficking Day on September 6 to publicize the newly passed Human Trafficking Control Act. The day also witnessed commitments by politicians to fight trafficking. The U.S. Mission held its observation a [...]	2007-09-12 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN NP
07KATHMANDU1720	NEPAL: AIRPORT THREAT PROMPTS ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) A leftist weekly, Jana Aastha, reported September 12 that Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had received an emailed threat of an attack against Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport September 10 from an unknown group. The email was signed "T Army of Nepal." (Note: An organizati [...]	2007-09-12 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU174	NO COMPANIES IN NEPAL BENEFITING FROM EX-IM SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV EAID ETRD EXIM NP
07KATHMANDU1744	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 65 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) During the week of September 10, the Carter Center's observers, USAID partners IFES and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other Embassy contacts reported increased political party activity in the districts and more momentum at the center to hold the November 22 Constituent Assembl [...]	2007-09-17 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1750	NEPAL: MAOIST MINISTERS RESIGN FROM INTERIM [...] (C) Citing the Interim Government's failure to operate as agreed, the four remaining Maoist ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the afternoon of September 18. The Maoists had been threatening to resign on the 18th if their 22 demands, including the im [...]	2007-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1755	NEPAL: MAOIST RESIGNATIONS STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) One day after the September 18 resignations of the four remaining Maoist ministers in Nepal's Interim Government, it is still not clear if the Maoists will leave the cabinet or not. Prime Minister Koirala's nephew and close adviser Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff September 19 that an eigh [...]	2007-09-19 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU176	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO MEET WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Australian Ambassador Lade told Ambassador Moriarty January 24 that Canberra had authorized him to meet with the Maoists. He conceded that he had no illusions about the Maoists and acknowledged they were continuing their abuses. Nevertheless, the Government of Australia had interests in N [...]	2007-01-26 00:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG EAID AS NP
07KATHMANDU1783	NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]	2007-09-24 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU179	INDO-NEPAL BORDER TOWN SOUNDS OFF ON MAOISTS [...] (C) In a visit to the Terai border town Nepalgunj January 19, government officials told Emboffs that Maoist activity had stopped in the region and that the government would now solve the problems. The police were struggling to win public approval and noted that now was the time to remind the [...]	2007-01-26 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1801	NEPAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] In response to EEB's request, Post gathered the following 2007 data on textiles and apparel production in Nepal. Note that Nepal's fiscal year runs from July 16 to July 15 so the date is given as FY 05/06 and FY 06/07. - Total industrial production: FY 05/06 USD 2.39 billion and FY 06/07 USD [...]	2007-09-26 11:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX IN NP
07KATHMANDU1811	NEPAL: DRAFT GUIDANCE AND ACTION PLAN IF ELECTION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA. 3. 2. (C) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, his partners in the Interim Government and the Maoists may agree in the coming days to postpone Nepal's Constituent Assembly election, which is currently scheduled for November 22, 2007, until April or May 200 [...]	2007-09-28 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KDEM KPAO UN NP
07KATHMANDU1817	CA ELECTIONS - TO BE OR NOT TO BE: 51 DAYS [...] (C) The week of September 24-30 ended with an 11th hour announcement from the Election Commission (EC) that the deadline for candidate nominations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election would be delayed by five days at the request of all seven major parties. The new deadline for submissio [...]	2007-10-01 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1833	NEPAL'S ELECTION: DO THE COMBATANTS HOLD THE KEY? [...] (C) In recent days, senior diplomats have told the Ambassador that if Prime Minister Koirala wishes to hold a Constituent Assembly election in November, he must come up immediately with some satisfactory solution on the Maoist combatants. UN Mission in Nepal political adviser John Norris insi [...]	2007-10-04 03:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1842	NEPAL TO SUPPORT GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07KATHMANDU1847	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION POSTPONED [...] (C) Nepal's Election Commission announced the morning of October 5 that it was suspending the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for November 22. The Commission postponed the polls at the request of the Interim Government. All of the governing parties apparently agreed to the Maoist dema [...]	2007-10-05 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1861	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI NP
07KATHMANDU1868	NEPAL: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY SPECIAL [...] (C) Senior staff at the Interim Parliament expect the special session which begins October 11 will address two topics only: a purely proportional system for the Constituent Assembly election and the declaration of a republic. Maoist Members of Parliament cited these two issues when they invok [...]	2007-10-10 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU188	PARTY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT A MAOIST DEPUTY [...] (C) In separate meetings January 22, 23 and 26, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Pashupati Shumsher Rana, and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal all told the A [...]	2007-01-26 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU1901	NEPAL: NO POLITICAL PROGRESS LIKELY UNTIL AFTER [...] (C) Nepal's Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are not expected to reach any agreement on resolving the current political deadlock until after the Hindu holiday season of Dashain. Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary M.K. Nepal informed the Ambassador Oct [...]	2007-10-17 13:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP

07KATHMANDU1908	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On October 3 Emboff met with Lekh Nath Bhattarai, America desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to confirm that the Government of Nepal(GON) plans to send an official ministerial delegation to the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Bh [...]	2007-10-25 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07KATHMANDU1922	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN [...] (C) On October 29, K.B. Rokaya, a Nepali Christian leader who was recently appointed as a member of the National Human Rights Commission at the urging of the Maoists, delivered a letter dated October 28 from Krishna Mahara, in his capacity as a member of the Maoist Central Committee, via Emboff [...]	2007-10-30 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1935	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) On October 31 Post contacted the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi as the mission responsible for relations with Nepal regarding Argentine's effort to persuade the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) General Assembly to confirm the issuance of six Red Notic [...]	2007-11-01 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IN AR NP
07KATHMANDU1942	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEPAL TO SUPPORT WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU1944	EXIT PERMIT PROCESS FOR RESETTLEMENT OF BHUTANESE [...] (C) In meetings with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey October 31, Nepal's Home and Foreign Ministers expressed receptiveness to streamlining the exit permit process for Bhutanese refugees, although they could not state what the new process would be or when i [...]	2007-11-05 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1945	AS SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey November 3, Prime Minister Koirala expressed concern about four aspects of the resettlement program for Bhutanese refugees: the citizenship status of the refugees, speed of the resettlement program (he [...]	2007-11-06 07:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1961	NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY BUT [...] (C) A temporary parliamentary alliance with the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),gave the Maoists the votes on November 4 to pass their resolution calling for a fully proportional election system. In return the Maoists backed UML's resolution directing the [...]	2007-11-08 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1972	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU1976	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL ACTION TASK [...] On November 2 and November 5, Emboff urged Finance Secretary Vidyadhar Mallik and the Foreign Ministry's SIPDIS Americas section officer Leknath Bhattarai, respectively, to encourage the Government of Nepal to take concrete actions to follow up on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stat [...]	2007-11-15 05:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON IR NP
07KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On November 14, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary of UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal was still considering its vote for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Emboff on November 5 had met wit [...]	2007-11-15 07:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NP
07KATHMANDU1982	NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police in 2007 suggests that N [...]	2007-11-15 07:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
07KATHMANDU1983	NEPAL'S POLITICIANS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE WAY [...] (C) Nepal's peace process, which established an interim government and brought the Maoists into the Parliament, is experiencing a crisis. Despite weeks of talks, the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists have yet to agree on a new date for the Constituent Assembly election, which was postponed i [...]	2007-11-15 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1987	NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. The Government of Nepal (GON) has not yet criminalized money laundering. Draft anti-money laundering legislation has been prepared but has not yet pass [...]	2007-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
07KATHMANDU199	NEPAL: UN CONCERNED ABOUT DETERIORATING SITUATION [...] (C) John Norris, Political Advisor to the Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin, told the DCM on January 25 that the UN was concerned that the deteriorating security situation in the Terai could have an adverse effect on UN arms monitoring operations. Norris said that the Gov [...]	2007-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2005	NEPAL'S SOUTHEAST SHOWING IMPROVED SECURITY FOR NOW [...] (C) Government, police, and party officials in Jhapa (on November 14) and Ilam (on November 15) reported to Emboff that the security situation in their district was manageable. However, all the officials agreed that if the politicians in Kathmandu cannot resolve their current impasse and set a [...]	2007-11-21 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU2012	NEW COMMERCE MINISTER MAY STRAIN MADHESI UNITY [...] (U) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala swore in Shyam Sundar Gupta of the Madhesi-based Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (NSP-A) as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies on November 20. The post had been vacant since Rajendra Mahato resigned on September 30 after the Election Commission den [...]	2007-11-26 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON NP
07KATHMANDU2022	NEPAL FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2023	NEPAL NONCOMMITTAL ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA IS NP
07KATHMANDU2026	NEPAL: NUCLEAR TERRORISM DETECTION GUIDELINES [...] On November 28, Emboff delivered Ref A non-paper on detection architecture model guidelines for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). After reviewing the document, [...]	2007-11-29 01:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07KATHMANDU2027	NEPAL: PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUT POLITICAL DEADLOCK [...] (C) Nepal's Interim Parliament resumed its regular session November 29 after a 10-day recess, but without any progress on resolving the political deadlock. As expected, a last-ditch meeting of the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists the morning of November 29 saw no breakthrough. Senior leade [...]	2007-11-29 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU203	NEPAL: NC LEADERS SAY SITUATION BAD IN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (C) On January 25, five Parliamentarians and district leaders of the Nepali Congress Party (NC) and one from the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador that the security situation in the countryside in their districts remained poor. They wanted to see the current Home Minister [...]	2007-01-29 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU2037	NEPAL'S PARTICIPATION IN AI CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL XX
07KATHMANDU2038	NEPAL: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION 2007 [...] As requested by Reftel, Post is providing current information on child labor, especially its worst forms, as well as on efforts by the Government of Nepal (GON) to address the problem. Emboff collected information from the Ministry of Labor and Transport (MOLT),the Ministry for Women, Childr [...]	2007-12-02 23:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NP
07KATHMANDU204	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR POSITIVE ABOUT ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 26, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee expressed confidence that India could squeeze the Maoists and the Government of Nepal (GON) into doing the right thing regarding arms management. Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that India would do wha [...]	2007-01-29 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU2042	NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2043	NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN [...] (C) On December 4, Charge delivered to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan and Lekhnath Bhattarai, Section Officer for the Europe and Americas Division at the Foreign Ministry, reftel non-paper and talking points on the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nu [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2044	NEPAL: FORMER PRES. CARTER PROPOSES COMPROMISE TO [...] (C) On November 24, at the end of a four-day visit to Kathmandu, former President Jimmy Carter proposed a three-point compromise to end Nepal's political deadlock and lead the way to a Constituent Assembly election. His first point was that the Interim Parliament should declare Nepal a republ [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2052	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 06:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NP
07KATHMANDU2055	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS NP
07KATHMANDU2060	NEPAL STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 02:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2061	NEPAL'S CENTRAL BANK COMMITTED TO CURBING [...] Ramhari Neupane, Deputy Director of the Banks and Financial Institutions Regulations Department at Nepal Rastra ("National") Bank or NRB, provided a written response to Reftel demarches from November regarding the designations of Saudi nationals and Iranian individuals and entities variously [...]	2007-12-11 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER KNNP PARM ETTC PREL ECON MNUC
07KATHMANDU2062	NEPAL: TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] Mission Kathmandu hosted a film festival, several speakers and a reception to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and International Human Rights Day. Post used these events to help raise awareness and engage an audience on issues related to violence against women. A synopsis [...]	2007-12-11 10:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU2065	NEPAL: MADHESI CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Several senior Madhesis, including Minister of Science and Technology Thakur and three other Members of Parliament, resigned their positions in the Cabinet, Parliament and respective political parties on December 10 to protest the government's failure to address Madhesi concerns. They in [...]	2007-12-11 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU2079	NEPAL: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism in 2007; however, several incidents of domestic terrorism and politically-motivated violence occurred in urban areas and in the Terai. None was aimed at U.S. citizens or facilities. Nepal was not a state sponsor of terrorism, [...]	2007-12-17 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR NP
07KATHMANDU2085	SOME PROGRESS BUT DEAL FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On Saturday December 15 the Six-Party Alliance registered a constitutional amendment with the Interim Parliament to eliminate the requirement to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the end of the Nepali month of Mangsir (which ended December 15),but it would keep the requirem [...]	2007-12-17 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU21	NEPAL: ARMS MONITORING TO START, POLICE MONITORS A [...] (C) In a January 4 meeting, UN Special Envoy Ian Martin informed Ambassador Moriarty that arms monitoring operations by at least 15 UN monitors would begin o/a January 8 with the remaining contingent of 20 monitors on the ground by mid-January. Martin also reported that recruitment of 111 e [...]	2007-01-05 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU210	NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the SIPDIS Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secr [...]	2007-01-30 07:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NP
07KATHMANDU2101	AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 2007 HOLIDAY SECURITY [...] (U) On December 20, 2007, Post convened an Extended Country Team meeting during which a review of Post's security posture in advance of the holidays was held. 2. (SBU) Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Nepal. Post employees were reminded to [...]	2007-12-20 05:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC NP PTER
07KATHMANDU2110	NEPAL: NO ELECTION IN TERAI ABSENT PROGRESS [...] (U) Local political leaders and officials in Danusha District, in the central Terai, opined to Emboffs December 4-5 that without first addressing Madhesi issues of inclusiveness and federalism, holding the Constituent Assembly election would not be possible in the Terai. Despite reinstating [...]	2007-12-21 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2118	NEPAL: POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED BUT OBSTACLES [...] (C) On December 23, after a nearly three-month stalemate, the Six-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed a twenty-three-point agreement, which addressed two major Maoist concerns: declaration of the republic and the electoral system. They agreed to revise the Interim Constitution to decl [...]	2007-12-26 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2123	NEPAL CRIMINALIZES ABDUCTION [...] At the end of November, the Interim Parliament passed a law making abduction or hostage taking a criminal offense. Those convicted will now face from 4-15 years in prison and a fine ranging from Rupees 25,000 - 200,000 rupees (around USD 400 - 3,200),with longer sentences for crimes involving [...]	2007-12-27 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEC PHUM PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2135	NEPAL: ALLEGATION OF MASS CREMATION SITE STILL [...] On December 19, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) members, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) staff, and local human rights representatives went to Shivapuri National Park. At least one, and possibly more, of the 49 Maoists allegedly killed by the Ne [...]	2007-12-31 09:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2136	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS EXTENSION OF UNMIN [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin revealed at a press conference December 27 that the Nepali Government had formally requested an extension of UNMIN's mandate for an additional six months. The 23-Point Agreement that the poltical parties and the Maoists signed on December 23 ap [...]	2007-12-31 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UNSC NP
07KATHMANDU2137	NEPAL: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMMENTS ON BHUTTO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PK NP
07KATHMANDU2138	NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES VERIFICATION OF MAOIST [...] (C) On December 27, the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin announced that UNMIN had verified 19,602 members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army and disqualified more than 12,600. In a conversation with the Defense Attache December 28, the Nepal Army's Director of Public Relations [...]	2007-12-31 11:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU2139	NEPAL: MAOISTS REJOIN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala appointed five Maoists to Nepal's Interim Government on December 30. With the exception of the new Minister for Women, Children, and Social Welfare, the Maoist ministers returned to portfolios they had held before they resigned in August and September. Additionally [...]	2007-12-31 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU228	NEPAL: TERRORISM FINANCE: DOCKRATS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 07:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN NP
07KATHMANDU23	POLICE ACROSS WESTERN NEPAL UNDER ORDERS NOT TO [...] (C) Police officials from across Western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Nepal Police were nervous and afraid of the Maoists. Officials said they were under orders not to confront the Maoists under any circumstances. The bombed-out shells of police buildin [...]	2007-01-05 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU232	NEPAL: JTMM WREAKS HAVOC IN TERAI [...] (C) The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM)(Terai People's Liberation Front),a Maoist splinter group, has played a key role in racheting up violent protests wracking Nepal's Terai, or southern belt. The JTMM broke with the Maoists in 2003 over its demand for an independent state for the Ma [...]	2007-02-01 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU24	NEPAL CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF FEELS BELEAGUERED, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) In a January 4 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal worried that armed Maoists were occupying strategic locations in and around Kathmandu and questioned why they had not been sent to cantonment sites. Katawal felt somewhat beleaguered, with little su [...]	2007-01-05 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU25	FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT NEPAL [...] (C) In a meeting on January 5, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister and the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to become more assertive. Thapa complained about continui [...]	2007-01-05 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL NP
07KATHMANDU26	NEPAL: CONCERN ABOUT MAOISTS GROWING AMONG [...] (C) In separate meetings on January 3 and 4, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Ambassador that they were concerned about continuing Maoist violence and inti [...]	2007-01-05 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU265	NEPAL: MADHESI LEADERS SAY GOVERNMENT OFFER NOT [...] (C) Upendra Yadav, head of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Supreme Court lawyer and senior MPRF member, told Emboff February 1 that the Prime Minister's January 31 speech was not enough to stop the ongoing movement in the Terai. Yadav stated that the demand [...]	2007-02-02 09:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU266	NEPAL: INDIAN DCM CONCERNED ABOUT TERAI UNREST [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting with the DCM, Indian DCM Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya said that she was dismayed by the current unrest in the Terai, adding that she thought the Prime Minister had missed an "historic opportunity" to solve the problem with his January 31 speech to the nation by speaking o [...]	2007-02-02 09:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU267	NEPAL: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TERAI? A SHORT [...] (C) The Madhesi people believe they have been consistently oppressed in the course of Nepal's social, economic, and political development. The Terai (the lowlands of Nepal where most Madhesis live) is the breadbasket of Nepal, producing most of its agricultural and industrial output, and serv [...]	2007-02-02 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU303	MAOISTS SHAKEN BY UNREST IN TERAI [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador February 2 that the Maoist leadership had been shaken by the unrest in the Terai. Government officials, meanwhile, were struggling to make sense of the situation and respond appropriately. The peace facilitator agreed w [...]	2007-02-06 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU304	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT FIDDLES WHILE TERAI BURNS [...] (C) On February 4, Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, requested suggestions from Post on a solution to the unrest in the Terai. Chalise stressed in a meeting with the DCM on February 5 that the government was worried about the growing unrest but had a plan to sol [...]	2007-02-06 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU316	COMMUNIST PARTY OF BHUTAN INTENSIFIES ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) According to several recent reports in the Royal Government of Bhutan's (RGOB) news service and the Indian press, the Communist Party of Bhutan - Marxist Leninist Maoist (CPB) has intensified its activities in the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal. A close Embassy contact and r [...]	2007-02-07 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV PTER BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU317	NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO RESETTLE [...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed to allow third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. On the ongoing violence in the Terai, the Ambassador encouraged the Prime Minister to both initiate a dialogue with all ethnic minoritie [...]	2007-02-07 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: PM'S SPEECH MIGHT CALM TERAI UNREST [...] (C) At nearly midnight on February 7, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on national television to announce a series of steps to meet Madhesi demands and to call for calm in the Terai (his second address to the nation in one week). The speech followed several days of negotiations among [...]	2007-02-08 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU327	NEPAL: OHCHR WORRIED ABOUT TERAI UNREST [...] (C) In a February 6 briefing, Country Representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Lena Sundh told Chiefs of Mission that OHCHR worried about the growing violence in the Terai. OHCHR officers were worried about the actions of the Nepal Police and the Armed [...]	2007-02-08 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU335	THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK! [...] (SBU) I would like to personally thank you and your staff for their hard work and dedication in advancing the U.S. resettlement program for the Bhutanese refugees. PRM's support and forward thinking, particularly the offer to accept 60,000 refugees back in October, re-energized the search for [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU338	CORE GROUP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES EAGER TO MOVE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with Ambassadors representing the Core Group on Bhutanese refugees, Ambassador Moriarty informed his colleagues that Prime Minister had approved large-scale resettlement (ref A). The Ambassador's briefing was well-received and helped the Core Group to define its ne [...]	2007-02-09 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU339	NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) On February 8, the Industrial Security Group (ISG),a business-diplomatic group, chaired by the Ambassador, discussed continued Maoist threats against the commercial and industrial sectors. Extortion, kidnappings and violence continued and appeared to be soaring in the run-up to a planned [...]	2007-02-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ELAB UK NP
07KATHMANDU340	UN WILL REPORT MAOIST WEAPON DISCREPANCIES AFTER [...] (C) Newly-designated Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Nepal Ian Martin told the SIPDIS Ambassador February 8 that once the UN arms registration process was complete, the UN would report the total number and type of weapons the Maoists had turned in to the Government [...]	2007-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU341	U.S., UK, INDIA, AND UN DISCUSS CHALLENGES [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Hall, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) head Ian Martin, and an Indian Embassy representative, a visiting UK security assessment team described the key challenges facing the police as: 1) the absence of public debate on public security a [...]	2007-02-09 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU342	NEPAL: FRANCE AND GERMANY AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Moriarty, French Ambassador Jolivet and German Ambassador Ring agreed that on-going concerns with international adoptions in Nepal required a joint push for reform. The meeting followed the Government of France's decision to suspend all individual adoptions from [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU345	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Recent events around the country indicate that Maoists continue to use violence to advance their agenda. Maoist actions have disrupted the voter registration process, spurring a request from the Election Commission to allow registration to continue beyond the initially planned closing dat [...]	2007-02-12 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU366	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR UPBEAT ABOUT PEACE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM February 12 that he was confident that the Government of Nepal (GON) would find a solution to the situation in the Terai. The Maoists had been put on the defensive due to the Terai unrest, and the Nepali Cong [...]	2007-02-14 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU367	NEPAL: MAOIST RALLY BIG BUT BLAND [...] (SBU) On February 13, Maoist Supremo Prachanda and other Maoist leaders addressed a rally in Kathmandu, drawing between 150,000 and 200,000 people. The rally was peaceful and well-organized, with security provided by 4,000-5,000 members of the Maoist Youth Communist League. Many of the parti [...]	2007-02-14 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON NP
07KATHMANDU402	CANADIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASED BY PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Canada's New Delhi-based Ambassador to Nepal David Malone told the Ambassador recently he was pleased to hear of Prime Minister Koirala's recent decision to approve third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. He indicated that the Government of Canada had not yet decided how many re [...]	2007-02-21 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER BT IN CA NP
07KATHMANDU406	PM'S ADVISOR ASKS FOR HELP ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, expressed concern to the DCM February 20 about UN pressure to accept the results of the arms management exercise without effective monitoring mechanisms in place. The UN had submitted a report to the Government of Nepal [...]	2007-02-21 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT KING, [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador February 21 that King Gyanendra's speech on Democracy Day reflected the monarch's increasingly deliberate efforts to interfere with Nepal's democratic transition and derail the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Mukherjee said that the Sev [...]	2007-02-21 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER NP
07KATHMANDU408	NEPAL: ELECTION COMMISSION WAITING IN THE GATES [...] (C) On February 12, Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel told the Ambassador and a visiting team from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the Home Ministry and Nepal Police were taking care of security for the planned [...]	2007-02-21 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU416	NEPAL: PM CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS AND KING [...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala expressed concern to the Ambassador February 22 that the UN arms management exercise had not been satisfactorily completed. Although the UN had told the PM that the quantity of weapons was satisfactory, the PM was not satisfied that enough weapons had [...]	2007-02-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU42	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS AGREE ON INTERIM [...] (C) On January 8, leaders of the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed an agreement to promulgate an interim constitution and form an interim parliament on January 15. The new parliament will have representation from the Maoists, opening the door for their entry into an [...]	2007-01-09 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU423	NEPAL: STAFFDEL FITE HEARS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. [...] (C) During a visit to Kathmandu from February 20-22, Staffdel Fite heard from various interlocutors that, despite many obstacles and challenges in the months ahead, there was an opportunity for Nepal to achieve a peaceful democracy; the Staffdel also heard that additional funding would be nece [...]	2007-02-23 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OREP NP
07KATHMANDU426	NEPAL: THE PERFECT STORM GATHERING [...] (C) Three issues threaten to coalesce into a "perfect storm" that could blow the winds of change in Nepal in a dangerous direction: Maoist arms management and entry into Nepal's interim government, ethnic unrest in the Terai, and the fate of the monarchy. A derailing of Nepal's peace process [...]	2007-02-23 15:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU427	NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES ARMS AND COMBATANT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador February 22, UNMIN chief Ian Martin said that the UN would be releasing final numbers of arms (roughly 3,400) and combatants (roughly 30,000) registered by UNMIN on February 23. The Ambassador emphasized to Martin that he should also release the types of w [...]	2007-02-23 15:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU437	NEPAL: COAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C/NF) General Rukmangud Katawal, Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army (NA),told the Ambassador February 26 that the Maoists were not serious about arms management or joining a democratic system. The NA was the last shield against a Maoist takeover, and the U.S. should not abandon it. The [...]	2007-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MASS PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU445	FOREIGN MINISTER WORRIES BUT HOME MINISTER [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on February 26, Foreign Minister K.P. Oli worried that the Maoists intended to make a grab for power while Home Minister Sitaula hoped that Maoists would enter the political mainstream and renounce violence. Oli believed the Prime Minister would st [...]	2007-02-28 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU447	NEPAL: NO OBJECTION TO RESETTLEMENT OF BHUTANESE [...] (C) In separate meetings on February 26, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister K.P. Oli and Home Minister K.P. Sitaula on Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 approval of U.S. plans to resettle Bhutanese refugees (reftel). Both ministers were noncommittal, but raised no objections to the U.S [...]	2007-02-28 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU465	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for Europe and the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing concern over illicit cash carriers given Nepal's substantial reliance on non-traditional forms of money transfer. Bairagi said he would share [...]	2007-03-02 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL NP
07KATHMANDU468	NEPAL: GON PRESENTS TOUGH LINE FOR MAOIST ENTRY [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM March 1 that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to take a hard line on Maoist entry into an interim government. The GON considered that arms management would be complete when UN monitoring equipment was in pl [...]	2007-03-02 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
07KATHMANDU469	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS FEAR UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) In separate meetings on February 29 and March 1, leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador they were not optimistic about the prospects for Nepal in light of Maoist insincerity. Political leaders [...]	2007-03-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU480	NEPAL: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER HAS HANDS FULL [...] (C) Speaker Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 1 that he expected the Interim Parliament to amend the Interim Constitution in two phases. The Government of Nepal (GON) was under pressure, he said, to act quickly to translate into action the promises in Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 [...]	2007-03-05 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: MINISTER FOR WOMEN AGREES ADOPTION REFORM [...] (C) On March 5, the Ambassador identified three areas in which Nepal's adoption process required reform to Urmila Aryal, Minister for Women and Children. Aryal stressed that she would continue to push policy makers for change in Nepal's adoption system. Aryal cited the Ministry's accomplishm [...]	2007-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-06 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-07 02:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU493	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Henrietta, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal, at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a fascinating country, great weather, and a talented country team that is getting the Mission fully ready for the 21st century. You will also find a country that i [...]	2007-03-07 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV NP PREL
07KATHMANDU511	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS INTERIM GOVERNMENT LIKELY IN 5-6 [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister (PM) Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM March 8 that Maoists were likely to join an interim government in the next five to six days. Chalise said the Prime Minister, leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC),and Maoist leaders had reached an under [...]	2007-03-09 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER OFFERS DIRE [...] (C) Three-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador March 8 that the government was not acting quickly enough to resolve the Terai unrest or negotiate with other ethnic groups. Thapa worried that the Indian government would become involved if the situation wors [...]	2007-03-09 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU525	AMBASSADOR DEMANDS ACTION ON ALLEGED THREAT TO [...] (C) Nepal media widely reported March 8 that Maoist Supremo Prachanda had alleged during a public rally in western Nepal that royalists were planning to kill U.S. officials in Nepal. In a meeting March 10 with Under Secretary Fore and the Ambassador, Prime Minister Koirala SIPDIS emphasize [...]	2007-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU530	UNDER SECRETARY FORE DECRIES LAW AND ORDER VACUUM [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore voiced her concern about the poor law and order situation in Nepal to Prime Minister Koirala. The Prime Minister acknowledged the problem. He told the Under Secretary and the Ambassador that one reason was the failure by the Maoists to meet their [...]	2007-03-12 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU537	NEPAL'S TOP LEGISLATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 12 that an overwhelming majority of MPs voted March 9 to amend the Interim Constitution per the Prime Minister's speech to the nation in February. According to Nemwang, the package of amendments prioritizes the incl [...]	2007-03-13 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU542	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR NP
07KATHMANDU543	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU544	NEPAL AND BHUTAN MAY MEET ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry told RefCoord March 14 that Nepal and Bhutan would likely meet at the SAARC Summit in New Delhi to discuss the Bhutanese refugees. In a separate meeting, a well-respected Bhutanese refugee leader indicated that Bhutan's Home Minister [...]	2007-03-14 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP
07KATHMANDU55	UN SAYS ARMS MONITORS SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL [...] (C) UN Political Advisor John Norris informed Charge January 9 that fifteen UN arms monitors were currently on the ground, and another twenty would arrive by the end of the week. The team would be partially operational by January 15, and fully operational by January 20. A second phase of Pe [...]	2007-01-10 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU550	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic minorities and other historically disadvantaged groups. The Prime Minister responded that he had asked Subash Nemwa [...]	2007-03-15 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP

07KATHMANDU551	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF KATHMANDU 550. CORRECTION IN FINAL PARAGRAPH (COMMENT). Summary ------- 2. (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic [...]	2007-03-15 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT MAOISTS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador March 12 that Maoist leader Prachanda should provide evidence of his claim of a royalist plot to assassinate official Americans and that, if he failed to provide evidence, the Government of Nepal (GON) should issue a publ [...]	2007-03-16 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN NP
07KATHMANDU560	FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]	2007-03-16 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU561	NEPAL REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KUL GAUTAM AS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Nepal's Finance Minister Ram Saran Mahat informed the Ambassador March 14 that Prime Minister G.P. Koirala had sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to nominate UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Executive Director Kul G [...]	2007-03-16 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI ECON UN NP
07KATHMANDU562	AMBASSADOR TELLS PARTY LEADERS PRACHANDA'S REMARKS [...] (C) In separate meetings March 12 and March 14 with the leaders of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) the Ambassador expressed his concern about Maoist leader Prachanda's remarks regarding a royalist plot to kill American of [...]	2007-03-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU568	NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON [...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]	2007-03-19 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU574	CARTER CENTER'S ELECTION OBSERVERS DEPLOYED [...] (C) The Carter Center's Advisor on Nepal, Peter Burleigh, told the Ambassador March 13 that 12 of 13 planned Carter Center long-term election observers had been deployed across Nepal's five development regions. Burleigh and Carter Center Kathmandu representatives described the potent Madhesi [...]	2007-03-19 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU580	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) EmbOff expressed serious U.S. concern March 20 over the recent barbaric events in Zimbabwe to Dinesh Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Nepal to issue a statement of public condemnation. Considering Nepal's own traumatic human rights expe [...]	2007-03-20 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI NP
07KATHMANDU581	HOME MINISTER WILL ASK PRACHANDA TO INSTRUCT CADRE [...] (C) On March 17, the Ambassador stressed to Home Minister Sitaula that, although he considered Maoist Supremo Prachanda's March 8 allegation of a royalist plot to kill U.S. officials (reftel) to be a hoax, the U.S. remained concerned. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for Prime Minister K [...]	2007-03-20 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU582	HOME MINISTER SAYS TRUST IS BIGGEST HURDLE WITH [...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula told the Ambassador March 17 that the biggest difficulty the Government of Nepal (GON) faced in forming an interim government with the Maoists was "biswas" (trust). He noted that the Maoists had started to return some land they had seized but continued to violate man [...]	2007-03-20 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF BH NP
07KATHMANDU583	NEPAL: THE ROYAL QUESTION [...] (C/NF) Royal family confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador March 19 that King Gyanendra had been discussing abdication but had yet to make a decision. Meanwhile, mixed messages from India had not clarified the King's thinking. Rana also relayed that former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur T [...]	2007-03-21 06:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU589	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES PEACE PROCESS AT [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty encouraged Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng March 19 to support fully Prime Minister Koirala's efforts to prevent Maoist entry into an interim government until Maoist behavior improved. Toreng worried, however, that the widening credibility gap between the Seven-Party [...]	2007-03-21 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PREL PGOV PREF UN BH NP
07KATHMANDU60	NEPAL: GON HAS NO PLAN FOR DEALING WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Charge January 10 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had no plan on how to handle the Maoists once they joined the interim parliament. He insisted, however, that Prime Minister Koirala would stand firm and not allow th [...]	2007-01-11 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU61	NEPAL: INTERIM PARLIAMENTARY CHALLENGES ABOUND [...] (C) In a meeting on January 10, Subash Nemwang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told Charge that he was optimistic about the peace process, but expected difficulties in the interim parliament. Nemwang told Charge about the logistics of the upcoming promulgation of the interim constit [...]	2007-01-11 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU612	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RS NP
07KATHMANDU613	NEPAL: MPRF LEADER FEARS MAOIST ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) At a meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 20, political party and Madhesi leaders hotly debated the government's response to ongoing tensions in the Terai, acknowledging the urgent need for dialogue. They feared that violence in the Terai could turn communal and threatened to destroy th [...]	2007-03-22 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU614	PRACHANDA ORDERS CADRE NOT TO HARM U.S. OFFICIALS [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's nephew Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff March 21 that, per the U.S. request, Maoist Supremo Prachanda had verbally conveyed to Maoist cadre that same day that they should not harm U.S. officials. According to Dr. Koirala, Prachanda finally issued the order after the [...]	2007-03-22 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU615	UNMIN CHIEF MARTIN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP WITH HIS [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Ian Martin asked for U.S. assistance in restoring cuts the UN's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions (ACABQ) had made in UNMIN's budget. The cuts would eliminate nearly half of UNMIN's planned c [...]	2007-03-22 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN NP
07KATHMANDU619	UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]	2007-03-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KATHMANDU620	UPDATE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES; MEETING WITH EU [...] (SBU) At the Kathmandu-based Core Group meeting March 22, the Ambassador detailed his earlier discussions with Prime Minister Koirala, Home Minister Sitaula and Foreign Minister Oli on resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham expressed concern about the activit [...]	2007-03-23 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT EU SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU63	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NP
07KATHMANDU638	PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]	2007-03-26 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT TIMELY ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 28, Indian Charge d'Affaires Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya stressed to the Ambassador the importance of holding the Constituent Assembly election by June as specified in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Since only an interim government could declare the date for the election und [...]	2007-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU653	NEPAL: PEACE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS FORMATION OF [...] (C) Pradip Gyawali, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) representative on the Government talks team with the Maoists, told the Ambassador March 28 that he expected the formation of an interim government would be delayed until after the South Asian Association for Region [...]	2007-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU667	KEY ALLIANCE LEADERS DIVIDED OVER INTERIM [...] (C) In meetings March 29 and March 30 with Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary MK Nepal and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, the two senior Seven-Party Alliance leaders expressed divergent views on the formation of an interim [...]	2007-03-30 16:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU668	PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669	NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN, [...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]	2007-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU675	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEMANDS LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) On March 29, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepali human rights activist, told the Ambassador that if the Government of Nepal (GON) did not begin to effectively enforce law and order, the country was in danger of falling into chaos. In the name of bringing the Maoists into the mainstream, the GON and [...]	2007-04-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU676	REACTION ON FORMATION OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Political leaders offered mixed reactions to the formation of the 22-member interim government headed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (reftel). Although the leaders were largely supportive of the formation of an interim government, they were not pleased with the reappointment o [...]	2007-04-02 13:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NP
07KATHMANDU678	INDIAN AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS JUNE ELECTIONS AND LAW [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador April 2 that he supported Prime Minister Koirala's decision to hold Constituent Assembly elections by June 20. He suggested, however, that the GON might have to stagger the elections. The Ambassador replied that the U.S. would do everything [...]	2007-04-03 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU689	NEW MAOIST MINISTER FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AIMS TO [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Local Development Dev Gurung told AmCit Robert Bestani (please protect) April 3 that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) recognized it was part of a coalition government and would have to accept the government consensus. Gurung stressed the need for e [...]	2007-04-04 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ECON EFIN EINV NP
07KATHMANDU698	AMBASSADOR TO OHCHR, DIP CORPS: TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) On April 3, the Ambassador urged Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),to send a stronger message to the Maoists. The Ambassador stressed that it was important for the Maoists to know that, if the Constituent Assembly elec [...]	2007-04-04 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU702	SPEAKER CONCEDES KEY ELECTION LAWS, MINORITY [...] (C) Interim Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador April 4 that the Parliament needed to pass two more electoral laws before the June 20 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections: the CA Court bill, which would create a special court to hear electoral disputes, and the CA Member E [...]	2007-04-05 07:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU719	AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]	2007-04-06 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION [...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]	2007-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU728	SECOND PHASE OF MAOIST COMBATANT REGISTRATION [...] (C) A Nepali journalist told the Ambassador April 5 that, on a recent tour of one of the Maoist cantonments, he had observed military training of new People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits. He claimed that many of the PLA's most skilled combatants remained outside the UN-monitored camps; mos [...]	2007-04-09 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU732	THE KING AND THE MAOISTS: FROM FOE TO FRIEND TO FOE [...] (SBU) An article by a former senior Maoist turned dissident that appeared in mid-January 2007 in one of Nepal's leading newsweeklies casts light on the somewhat bewildering turns that have characterized the relationship between King Gyanendra and Maoist chief Prachanda. Maoist dissident Rabin [...]	2007-04-09 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU738	NEPAL: HEART DOCTOR EXAMINES MAOIST CHIEF [...] (C) Dr. Bharat Rawat, a prominent cardiologist who works at Norvic Escorts International Hospital in Kathmandu, told the Ambassador recently that he had received a request that he could not refuse from the Maoists not long ago. According to Dr. Rawat, a group of Maoists had shown up at his off [...]	2007-04-10 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR AMED NP
07KATHMANDU739	AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]	2007-04-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU740	FORMER PM TO INDIA TO ASCERTAIN FATE OF MONARCHY [...] (C) On April 9, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa would travel to New Delhi soon to confer with top Indian political leaders about the fate of Nepal's monarchy and the country's uncertain future. Rana requested that the Ambas [...]	2007-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: DIFFICULT TO HOLD ELECTION ON TIME [...] (C) Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES Nepal, and Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),told the Ambassador April 6 that holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the proposed June 20 date would be difficult. Erben outlined the major technical [...]	2007-04-10 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU747	NEPAL: SENIOR MP CALLS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) Hirdayaram Thani, a Nepali Congress Member of the Interim Parliament and the former chairman of the State Affairs Committee, told Emboff recently that the Maoists had failed to abide by their peace commitments. Thani, whose committee has oversight over the police and the Election Commissi [...]	2007-04-11 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU748	NEPAL: NEPAL BAR ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 9, Bishwa Kanta Mainali, President of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA),told the Ambassador that the NBA planned to monitor the June 20 Constituent Assembly election. Mainali had recently been elected President of the NBA and planned to make the NBA an apolitical association. Th [...]	2007-04-11 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU751	TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS [...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]	2007-04-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU759	MFA COMMENTS ON IRAN'S STATUS AS SAARC OBSERVER [...] (C) On April 12, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Joint Secretary for the Foreign Ministry's South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, stated to Emboff that Iran had sent a note to the Prime Minister of India and the SAARC Secretary General expressing its interes [...]	2007-04-13 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SAARC IN IR NP
07KATHMANDU76	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST AGREE MAOISTS [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Maoists were effectively in control of their districts. The only difference between the Maoists before the April 2006 cease-fire and after the cease-fire [...]	2007-01-12 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU760	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR APRIL [...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on April 11. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. In the past thirty days there have been confirmed reports of AI bird [...]	2007-04-13 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU761	PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY, [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]	2007-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU762	ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS FOR ELECTION DELAY; [...] (C) IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Ambassador April 13 that Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel had given a letter to Prime Minister Koirala stating that a Constituent Assembly election could not be held by June 20. Pokhrel and his fellow commissioners were asking f [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU77	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST--WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that they trusted the police as a legitimate force to restore security and lamented the fact that the police were not allowed to do their jobs. There was, for the [...]	2007-01-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID NP
07KATHMANDU771	NEPAL ELECTION: TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] (C) On April 13, the Election Commission publicized a letter it had sent to the Interim Cabinet one day earlier stating that it could not hold a Constituent Assembly election by June 20, the date the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed upon when they formed the Interim Government o [...]	2007-04-16 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: MAOISTS, MPRF, AND GON ALL BLAMED FOR GAUR [...] (U) In an April 12 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Lena Sundh, Country Representative for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, held the Maoists, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and the Government of Nepal (GON) all culpable in the March 21 massacr [...]	2007-04-17 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU774	NEPAL: NC-D PARTY CHIEF PLEASED THAT ELECTION [...] (C) President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba stated to the Ambassador April 16 that it was good that the Constituent Assembly election had been delayed from its planned June 20 date. The situation in the countryside was still bad, and a free and fair election would [...]	2007-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF [...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]	2007-01-12 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU808	2006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KATHMANDU809	CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU81	NEPAL: VIEW OF TWO MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) During a driving tour of western Nepal from December 14-25, 2006, Emboff had the opportunity to get a glimpse of two Maoist People's Liberation Army cantonment sites. The first, on December 22, 2006, was a main cantonment site, situated on the north side of the Mahendra Highway, a few kil [...]	2007-01-12 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR NP
07KATHMANDU82	NEPAL: STUDENT LEADERS TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE [...] (C) Student leaders from four districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25, 2006 that they were ready for change in Nepal's political system. Students lamented the fact that they had no option outside of the mainstream political parties for having their voice [...]	2007-01-12 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU824	MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN [...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]	2007-04-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU825	NEPAL: ELECTION PROCESS FLAWED, MAOISTS BENEFIT [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),and Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES, told the Ambassador that the election process thus far had been flawed -- to the Maoists' advantage. The new constituencies t [...]	2007-04-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU826	NEPAL: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MODEL IS UNDER DEBATE [...] (C) Retief Olivier, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, told the Ambassador April 20 about a 10-person official delegation headed by Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav that he was taking to the United Nations in New York as well as Peru April 22 - May 1 to look at transitional justice issues. [...]	2007-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PTER CVIS UN SF NP
07KATHMANDU830	CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]	2007-04-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU831	NEW CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) On April 19, the Ambassador met with recently appointed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi Gurung to reiterate his concern about the presence of Maoist porters at the cargo terminal at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. The Maoists were a designated terroris [...]	2007-04-24 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAIR ETRD NP
07KATHMANDU844	NEPAL: G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following five projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (reftel). Post emailed the full text of the proposals to G/TIP. Begin Projects -------------- Project 1 --------- Name of the Applicant: The Asia Foundatio [...]	2007-04-25 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG NP
07KATHMANDU848	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NP
07KATHMANDU855	NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR WANTS COOPERATION ON NEPAL [...] (C) Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zheng Xianglin told the Ambassador April 27 that he wanted to see more cooperation among China, India, and the U.S. to help Nepal's peace process succeed. The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the U.S. had a common interest in Nepal achieving [...]	2007-04-27 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR ELTN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU856	BRITISH AND INDIAN AMBASSADORS AGREE: NEED TO NAG [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, and the Ambassador April 26 agreed that the Government of Nepal (GON) should set a date for a Constituent Assembly election and enforce law and order. The Maoists needed to be made aware that serious abuses in t [...]	2007-04-27 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PHUM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU858	NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE [...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]	2007-04-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU859	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]	2007-04-28 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU869	NEPAL: YCL CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE IN RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Nepal Police and Nepal Army sources told Emboff during a trip with Defense Attaches from the U.S., Great Britain, China, Pakistan, and India on April 25 to Dolpa and Dang Districts in rural western Nepal that the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) continued to intimidate people [...]	2007-05-01 06:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU879	NEPAL ABLE BUT UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NP
07KATHMANDU88	NEPAL: MAOISTS JOIN INTERIM PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Nepal's Parliament, which had been reinstated after the successful People's Movement of April 2006, promulgated the interim constitution and dissolved itself on January 15. Immediately upon dissolution, the Maoists joined a new, Interim Parliament. In a feel-good session welcoming the Mao [...]	2007-01-16 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU883	NEPAL: POLITICO PREDICTS BAD TIMES AHEAD [...] (C) Dr. Narayan Khadka, Central Committee Member of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D),told Emboff April 30 that Nepal was heading in a bad direction with the Maoists poised to take control. Prime Minister Koirala had been acting alone, and all the main parties in the coalition gove [...]	2007-05-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884	MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI [...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]	2007-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU888	THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH WHO FAO OIE NP
07KATHMANDU895	NEPAL TAKES DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On April 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) took delivery of an estimated USD 35 million of military equipment, including excess defense articles (EDA) and 500 night vision goggles, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The EDA consisted of non-lethal equipment, such as body arm [...]	2007-05-04 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU907	NEPAL: FORMER PM ENCOURAGES INDIANS TO SEND CLEAR [...] (C) On May 4, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa expressed concern to the Charge that the Maoists would increase their efforts to destabilize the country in the coming months. During recent consultatio [...]	2007-05-07 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU914	FAR-LEFT LEADER APPOINTED MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) On April 29, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokharel as Minister for Health and Population. Although the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed that the far-left party would have two representatives in the Interim C [...]	2007-05-08 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAID NP
07KATHMANDU915	MAOIST TAKES THE HELM AT MINISTRY OF WOMEN, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Prem Shukla (please protect),an Indian national and the Country Director of Plan Nepal, the new Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma, explained that he wanted to restructure the ministry to ensure that the maximum amount of be [...]	2007-05-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID KWMM KOCI CVIS NP
07KATHMANDU916	UNMIN: HURRY UP AND WAIT ON PHASE II OF ARMS [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Political Advisor John Norris told the Charge May 7 that UNMIN was in "hurry up and wait" mode regarding the start of Phase II of the arms management process. UNMIN Chief Ian Martin had declared publicly May 1 that UNMIN was ready to begin verification of Peo [...]	2007-05-09 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU919	SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]	2007-05-09 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU92	PM KOIRALA ASKS FOR U.S. ADVICE ON COMMUNISTS AND [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister GP Koirala told the Ambassador January 17 that he planned to tell Maoist Supremo Prachanda later the same day in plain terms that, with the Maoists in the interim parliament, the time had come for them to end their violence and extortion and dissolve their "people's gover [...]	2007-01-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU926	REQUEST FOR DRL FUNDING TO ATTEND JULY 18-20 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 05:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OTRA NP
07KATHMANDU937	NEPAL WILL OPPOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) I am confident that Nepal will oppose Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission discussed the issue May 10 with Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise. Dr. Chalise assured both the A/DCM and, later, in a [...]	2007-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO NP
07KATHMANDU956	NEPAL TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SI BK NP
07KATHMANDU96	NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]	2007-01-18 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU965	NEPAL: ROYAL CONFIDANT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On May 12, royal confidant Prabhakar Rana expressed optimism to the Ambassador that the Government of India might take a more positive role in Nepal's politics. According to Rana, who met with Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on May 11, Mukherjee planned to push Prime Minister Koir [...]	2007-05-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU967	NEPAL: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU MARR MASS NP
07KATHMANDU970	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR MAY [...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on May 9. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness effor [...]	2007-05-16 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KLFU KSTH FAO WHO OIE NP
07KATHMANDU972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points on May 10 to Mani Battarai, Section Officer for the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the importance of Nepal's continued cooperation with the World Health Association (WHA) on the issues of pandemic influenza preparedness a [...]	2007-05-16 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ARC PREL KFLU WHO NP
07KATHMANDU973	PEACE MINISTER'S DIALOGUE WITH MADHESIS STALLED [...] (C) Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador May 15 that Madhesi insistence on the immediate formation of a high-level Commission of Inquiry into events in the Terai had delayed his scheduled dialogue with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). However, P [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU974	NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]	2007-05-16 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]	2007-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU988	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED [...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]	2007-05-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU989	AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST: U.S. [...] (SBU) Mr. Deputy Secretary, during our recent consultation in Washington, you requested that I send you my reflections on how the new foreign assistance reform process was working for Nepal. As we discussed, a historic window of opportunity has opened in Nepal to ensure its transition to a pea [...]	2007-05-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID UDEM NP
07KATHMANDU990	NEPAL: CARTER CENTER WORRIED ABOUT THE TERAI [...] (C) On May 7, Peter Burleigh, Carter Center consultant, described the situation in the Terai as one of fundamental insecurity. Burleigh told the Charge d'Affaires that the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to set a firm date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and expressed concern over [...]	2007-05-18 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: FINANCIAL INFORMATION UNIT EAGER TO BECOME [...] (C) On August 27 and September 5, Hari Kumar Nepal, one of only two personnel assigned to Nepal's new Financial Information Unit (FIU),explained the progress the FIU has made in drafting guidelines and the challenges it would have to tackle to become a functional entity in anti-money launder [...]	2008-09-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KTFN NP

08KATHMANDU1016	NEPAL: PM DAHAL AFFIRMS DESIRE TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 9, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal since he took office, the Ambassador reviewed a range of bilateral issues between the United States and Nepal and sought his support. These ran the spectrum from stopping human rights violations by the Maoists' Young Co [...]	2008-09-11 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF ECON EAID ENRG SNAR
08KATHMANDU1024	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1048	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, you should raise the following issues: (1) Government of Nepal (GON) plans; (2) progress in the peace process and UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) operations; (3) reining in the Maoist Young Com [...]	2008-09-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EINV MARR PREF KSEC
08KATHMANDU1049	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1063	NEPAL: PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Newly appointed (Maoist) Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma was positive towards continued cooperation with the United States regarding the peace process during Ambassador Powell's courtesy call on September 5. Sharma also supported campaigns and activities to keep t [...]	2008-09-22 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KSEC EAID NP
08KATHMANDU1068	NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...]	2008-09-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG
08KATHMANDU1079	NEPAL: CONGRESS STILL AT LOOSE ENDS, UML FACING [...] (C) Former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala revealed to the Ambassador September 15 that the Nepali Congress (NC) might choose someone else to lead the party in the parliament. Subsequent meetings with senior NC leaders, including the party spokesman and the Prime Minister's daughter, gave Emboffs [...]	2008-09-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EINV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU1081	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, in addition to the issues you raised with Prime Minister Dahal (reftel),you should urge Yadav to: (1) rein in Madhesi extremist groups; and (2) create a positive environment for foreign [...]	2008-09-26 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EINV NP
08KATHMANDU111	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 73 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Less than eleven weeks before the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for April 10, the Election Commission continues its preparations. Meanwhile, the Government of Nepal (GON) has given sitting Members of Parliament a distinct advantage. The Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are pr [...]	2008-01-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER IN NP
08KATHMANDU1110	NEPAL: NEW GOVERNMENT UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUDGET [...] (U) On September 19, Nepal's new Finance Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, presented an ambitious budget of NRs 236 billion (USD 3.2 billion) -- 40 percent higher than last year's budget. Bhattarai stated that the policy priorities for the budget were completion of the peace process and immedi [...]	2008-10-03 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU1116	NEPALESE FORCES DEPLOYING TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Due to the Government of Nepal's (GON's) closure October 6-10, and post's own closure October 6-9, post has been unable to contact any high-level host government counterparts to assess the GON's readiness to make good on its previous pledge to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...]	2008-10-10 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU NP
08KATHMANDU1129	NEPALESE DELEGATION TO SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE [...] (U) The following Nepali officials will attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Jaya Prakash Gupta, Secretary Mr. Tek Bahadur Thapa Gharti, the Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Dr. Purushottam Prasad Maina [...]	2008-10-15 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KFLU PREL TBIO
08KATHMANDU1149	NEPAL: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ramila Acharya for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Full Name: Ramila Acharya Job Title/Association: Clinic Assistant/Maiti Nepal Date of Birth: July 4, 1989 Country of Birth: Nepal Citizenship: Nepali Address: c/o Maiti Nepal, Kathmand [...]	2008-10-27 08:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
08KATHMANDU1154	ODC SEMINAR DISCUSSES EX-COMBATANT INTEGRATION [...] (C) On 19 October, 2008, the Office of Defense Cooperation hosted a seminar involving a core group which has addressed security sector issues over the course of multiple, iterative events. Participants included representatives from a local think tank, the Nepal Army, Armed Police, Civil Police [...]	2008-10-27 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU1162	NEPAL: TALKS WITH ARMED GROUPS IN TERAI UNLIKELY [...] (C) As of November 3, the Government of Nepal (GON) has made limited progress on peace negotiations between a three-member team of cabinet ministers and a collection of armed groups from the Terai. Prospects for a successful outcome are unpromising. The armed groups have struggled to form a [...]	2008-11-03 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU1175	NEPAL: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 10:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC UNMIN PREL NP
08KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]	2008-11-10 04:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU1184	NEPAL MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC NP
08KATHMANDU1187	NEPAL TO ABSTAIN ON RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff on November 12 that his government most likely would abstain on a series of country-specific resolutions -- including one on human rights in Iran -- in the Third Committee of [...]	2008-11-12 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU1189	CLAD SCENESETTER [...] (C) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. In April, Nepalis elected a long awaited Constituent Assembly. In May the Assembly completed the country,s two-year-long evolution from a kingdom to a republic by abolishing the monarchy. Since August, the former Maoist insurgents have [...]	2008-11-12 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU1200	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. In January 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) for the first time passed legislation on anti-money laundering. There were no prosecutions or even arres [...]	2008-11-14 16:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU122	G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NEPAL [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following three projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (Reftel). Post will forward via email the full proposals for the projects listed in the cable to GTIP Funding Opportunities@state.gov. END SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION [...]	2008-01-29 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID IN NP
08KATHMANDU1223	NEPAL: NOMINATION FOR IQBQAL MASIH AWARD [...] Post is pleased to nominate the organization "CWISH" for the United States Department of Labor's Iqbqal Masih Award for Elimination of Child Labor. Full Name of the organization: CWISH - Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rights Address: P.O. Box 21433, Chabhil, Kathmandu, Nepal [...]	2008-11-20 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP NP
08KATHMANDU1224	NEPAL: NO URGENCY TO RESOLVE ARMY COMMITTEE OR [...] (C) Ambassador Powell, British Ambassador Hall and French Charge Romicanu's joint expressions of the international community's concerns about the stalemate regarding the Army Integration Special Committee and lack of discussion about a possible extension and revision of UNMIN's mandate were not [...]	2008-11-20 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU123	TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL: ANOTHER CASE OF NEAR [...] (SBU) Nineteen Tibetan refugees who were arrested by Nepali officials on January 15 and threatened with refoulement are now at the Tibetan Refugee Reception Center in Kathmandu. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials agreed this was a serious near-abrogation of the gent [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL NP CH
08KATHMANDU1237	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1238	NEPAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NP
08KATHMANDU1243	NEPAL: LABOR WOES FOR COLGATE-PALMOLIVE [...] (C) After over a decade of operations in Nepal, Colgate-Palmolive announced at its Hetauda factory on November 21 that it had sold its entire interest in the Nepal operation to a private company. The agreement included the express understanding that all employees of the company would continue [...]	2008-11-28 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB NP
08KATHMANDU1245	NEPAL: POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS A FAMILY AND FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Political appointments that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and its coalition partners have made to offices in the Government of Nepal (GON) have frequently been based on party and family connections rather than the expertise of the candidates. This follows the standard set by ev [...]	2008-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER NP
08KATHMANDU1251	NEPAL'S WATER AGREEMENTS WITH INDIA [...] Nepal has bilateral water agreements with India that cover three of the four major trans-boundary rivers. The complex, politically charged agreements are a source of concern and resentment among Nepalis and the recent Koshi River floods have led to calls to renegotiate them. Although Nepal is [...]	2008-12-01 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG XD NP
08KATHMANDU1254	PM PLANS TO REQUEST UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Representative Ian Martin briefed local P-5 representatives December 1 that PM Dahal intends to request soon an extension of the current UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) mandate, which expires on January 23. It was unclear whether or not the opposition Nepali Congress w [...]	2008-12-02 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1257	NEPAL: MAOIST WOMAN ELECTED VICE CHAIR OF ASSEMBLY [...] (U) On November 28, a sizable majority of Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) elected a Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) woman Member of Parliament (MP),Purna Subedi, as Vice Chairman. In the fourth round of voting on single candidates, Subedi received the support of 346 MPs from four [...]	2008-12-03 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM KWMN NP
08KATHMANDU1264	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Ambassador on December 4, Prime Minister Dahal confirmed that a request for a six-month UNMIN mandate extension would be lodged "tomorrow or the next day," despite the lack of consultation with opposition Nepali Congress leaders. Dahal also promised to [...]	2008-12-04 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1265	MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT AFTER 100 DAYS: NEW NEPAL [...] (C) With few exceptions, Nepal's Maoist-led government has done little in the roughly 100 days since the coalition's formation in August to transform Nepal. From the cabinet, to foreign policy, the peace process, human rights and law and order, the Terai and the economy, the government's recor [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON ELAB IN CH NP
08KATHMANDU1273	MAOIST SPOKESMAN SAYS INFORMATION ON U.S. EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Maoist leadership will soon disclose details and information regarding the 2001 and 2002 killings of two Nepali security employees of the U.S. Mission, according to former PLA Deputy Commander Barshaman Pun (aka "Ananta"). Pun has been given the responsibility to make the disc [...]	2008-12-11 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU128	NEPAL: BORDER ISSUES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Most of the Contingent-Owned Equipment (COE) to support the Nepal Police's deployment to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) cleared Indian customs on January 17. The COE had been delayed at the Indo-Nepal border in Birgunj as described in reftel talking points. An Office of [...]	2008-01-30 10:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU IN NP
08KATHMANDU1281	NEPAL: SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING [...] (U) On December 11, Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) overwhelmingly approved the sixth set of amendments to the Interim Constitution from January 2007. The 6th Amendment made the following substantive changes: -- Authorized the President (vice the Prime Minister) to call the CA into sessio [...]	2008-12-15 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU1287	NEPAL REQUESTS SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR UNMIN [...] (C) According to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),on December 12, 2008, the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, Madhu Raman Acharya, formally requested an additional six-month extension of UNMIN's mandate when the current mandate expires on January 23, 2009. The operative [...]	2008-12-16 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN MARR NP
08KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1304	NEPAL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism in 2008, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Nepalese voters elected the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) -- a designated group on the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) -- to lead [...]	2008-12-23 01:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EFIN NP
08KATHMANDU1310	NEPAL: IMF/WORLD BANK CONTEMPLATING BUDGET [...] (C) The new Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) made a formal request to both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for budget support during the financial institutions' annual meetings in Washington in October. Neither organization will consider budget support until a new [...]	2008-12-24 07:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINT EINV ELAB EIND NP
08KATHMANDU1320	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION-DRAFTING INCHING TOWARD [...] (U) On December 15, the Constituent Assembly (CA) established 14 committees to examine thematic and procedural aspects of drafting a new constitution. The committees were to appoint chairpersons and plan their agendas by December 30. On December 29, the CA amended its rules of procedure an [...]	2008-12-31 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: NO TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC NP
08KATHMANDU142	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ IR NP
08KATHMANDU143	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU NP
08KATHMANDU144	NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU145	NEPAL: MFA CONFIRMS NO CHANGE IN POLICY ON TIBETAN [...] (C) The Under Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Political/Economic Chief February 1 that the Government of Nepal has not changed its policy on Tibetan refugees. The reported threat in mid-January by Nepali officials of refoulement to China for 19 refugees (reft [...]	2008-02-01 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
08KATHMANDU146	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES POLITICS, [...] (U) During a recent three-day visit to Pokhara and Kaski District in western Nepal, the Ambassador discussed politics with local politicians, government officials and human rights personnel. She visited USAID field sites for HIV/AIDS, natural resource and agricultural programs. The Ambassado [...]	2008-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KWMN KHIV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU148	NEPAL: END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR CY2007 [...] Procedures Post inquired about the status of equipment INL-funded programs have provided to Nepal's law enforcement agencies in the past five years (since 2002). Emboffs visited Nepal Police headquarters, the Central Police Laboratory at the police academy, and the headquarters of the Nepa [...]	2008-02-04 10:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NP
08KATHMANDU152	NEPAL CA ELECTION: 66 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) The seven Six-Party Alliance and Maoist joint election meetings concluded amidst violence on January 30. The Election Commission has approved the registration of 13 new political parties and is continuing apace with preparations for April 10 Constituent Assembly polls. While the Maoists [...]	2008-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...]	2008-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU181	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 59 DAYS TO GO [...] (U) Constituent Assembly election preparations continued as the Election Commission, the police and the political parties worked to finalize the roles they would play. The Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) attacked a senior Nepali Congress leader, and Prime Minister Koirala responded by or [...]	2008-02-11 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU198	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: 51 DAYS [...] (C) On the eve of the first of two dates for filing candidate lists for Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, there is speculation in Kathmandu that the Interim Government will request that the Election Commission (EC) postpone the filing date. The EC is moving forward with election [...]	2008-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU200	NEPAL: WHAT DO THE MADHESIS WANT? [...] (C) According to the leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Front, what Nepal's Madhesis want can be summed up in the Front's six demands from February 8. Those demands include a constitutional guarantee of a single Madhesi state with the right to self-determination. The reality is both mo [...]	2008-02-19 13:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU203	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP
08KATHMANDU213	NEPAL: ELECTION FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED BUT NO [...] (C) The first deadline for filing proportional representation (PR) candidate lists for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election passed on February 20 with submissions by 37 political parties. The three agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) parties decided not to file. At the request [...]	2008-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU217	NEPAL ELECTION UPDATE: MADHESIS REJECT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A deal between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) foundered in the early hours of February 25 over the Madhesi demand that the GON enshrine a Madhesi state in the Interim Constitution. UDMF leaders, including one who was flown in from th [...]	2008-02-25 13:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU223	NEPAL: POST INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Nepal is neither a major producer nor consumer of energy. USAID's New Delhi-based regional program, South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E),administers the bulk of Post's energy initiatives via technical assistance to Nepal in electricity market development, cross border power tr [...]	2008-02-25 18:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD EAID NP
08KATHMANDU24	NEPAL LACKS FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL [...] On January 3, Emboff informed Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the postponement of the detection architecture model guidelines workshop (Ref A) and the entry of four additional partner nations into the Global I [...]	2008-01-08 06:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU IV EN KG NZ NP
08KATHMANDU243	NEPAL: MADHESIS STRIKE DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On February 28, Prime Minister Koirala ended two weeks of on and off negotiations with the three leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Front by signing an 8-point deal intended to bring agitating Madhesis on board for the Constituent Assembly election. Celebrations ensued across the [...]	2008-02-29 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU25	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FORMER [...] On January 3, Emboff delivered reftel information on the U.S. domestic designation of Iraqi Former Regime Elements (FRE) to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and asked if the Uni [...]	2008-01-08 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ NP
08KATHMANDU252	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN CONTINUES: 38 DAYS UNTIL CA [...] (C) The three United Democratic Madhesi Front parties filed proportional representation (PR) candidate lists on March 2 for the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Thirteen other parties also submitted candidate lists. This brought the number of participating parties to 55 and the total [...]	2008-03-03 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU26	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] On January 3 and 7, Emboff delivered reftel information regarding the U.S. domestic designation of Syrian and Lebanese individuals to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and said t [...]	2008-01-08 06:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SY LE NP
08KATHMANDU274	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MOMENTUM BUILDING WITH 31 [...] (C) Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) chief MK Nepal told the Ambassador March 10 that he expected the UML to win a plurality of the Constituent Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) seats. He thought the UML should get the Prime Minister position. Meanwhile, on M [...]	2008-03-10 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU29	NEPAL: FIFTH MAOIST MINISTER CREATES WAVES BEFORE [...] (U) Matrika Yadav, the newly reappointed Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation, was sworn in on January 2 after first refusing to take the oath of office in Nepali. Yadav -- who was out of Kathmandu when the other Maoist ministers were sworn in on December 31 (reftel) -- demanded the oat [...]	2008-01-08 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
08KATHMANDU297	CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL [...] As requested reftel, post is providing an updated fiscal transparency and accountability report. Nepal's Budget Is Public ------------------------ 2. (U) Nepalese law requires that the Government of Nepal (GON) publish its annual budget. The budget is first presented to the Parliament f [...]	2008-03-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL NP
08KATHMANDU298	POST'S NOMINEE FOR EAP AND SCA ECON OFFICERS CONF. [...] Embassy Kathmandu would like to nominate Political/Economic Officer Carla Bachechi to attend the EAP and SCA Regional Economic Conference to be held in Bangkok from April 28 through 30. Potential Topics ---------------- 2. Topics ranging from promoting economic growth and business advoc [...]	2008-03-14 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECIN ECPS ETRD KIPR OTRA NP
08KATHMANDU305	CRACKDOWN ON TIBETAN PROTESTERS IN NEPAL CONTINUES [...] (C) Approximately 100 Tibetan refugees gathered the morning of March 17 in front of United Nations (UN) House in Lalitpur, Kathmandu's twin city, to protest peacefully the recent reports of killings in Tibet. According to eyewitness accounts police baton-charged the protesters at 11 a.m. and [...]	2008-03-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CH NP
08KATHMANDU308	NEPAL: WORLD BANK PLANS PAYMENTS TO MAOIST [...] (C) On March 12, the World Bank Country Director for Nepal, Susan Goldmark, briefed the Ambassador on the World Bank's proposal to provide approximately USD 40 million in International Development Association (IDA) funding to the Government of Nepal (GON) for payments to Maoist combatants and [...]	2008-03-18 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU309	CA ELECTION UPDATE: 23 DAYS TO GO [...] (U) With only 23 days to go until Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the candidate list is not yet final, but the Election Commission has released what is likely to be very close to the authoritative list. Those who object to the published proportional representation candidate l [...]	2008-03-18 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KATHMANDU317	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO FORM INTERAGENCY GROUP FOR [...] On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the MFA would oversee a five-agency group to coordinate activities for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The members would include re [...]	2008-03-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL BK SR NP
08KATHMANDU318	NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN; MFA INQUIRES [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU319	CORRECTED COPY - NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU321	NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CY2007 END-USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU324	FOREIGN SECRETARY ADMITS NEPAL UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) On March 19 Deputy Chief of Mission Randy Berry raised U.S. concerns with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya regarding the Government of Nepal's recent crackdown on peaceful protests by Tibetans. While under pressure from China, the Government of Nepal (GON) confirmed minimal force [...]	2008-03-19 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU341	NEPAL: 16 DAYS UNTIL CA ELECTION [...] (SBU) With 16 days until the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, there are widespread reports, including notably by the UN Mission in Nepal, of increasing electoral violence. In the past week, Madhesi militants allegedly killed a candidate from a minor, left party in the mid-western Tera [...]	2008-03-25 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU342	NEPAL: U.S. MISSION VISIT TO MORANG AND [...] (U) During a recent two-day visit to Biratnagar and neighboring Sunsari District in the eastern Terai region of Nepal, the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director discussed electoral preparations and the security context with local government officials and domestic election observers. They al [...]	2008-03-25 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KWMN KHIV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU359	NEPAL TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHCR NP
08KATHMANDU374	NEPAL: CAREENING TOWARD ELECTION IN NINE DAYS [...] (SBU) Nine days before the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the Election Commission is on track with its preparations. Meanwhile, the legal system established for resolving electoral disputes does not inspire confidence, according to a key Embassy contact. Poll-related violence, pri [...]	2008-04-01 10:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
08KATHMANDU376	NEPAL RESPONSE TO PROPOSED PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- see paras. 4-5 2. (SBU) Post welcomes the reftel request by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INL) to send INL/CIV Senior Advisor Dave Purdy, Program Officer Sarah Perrine and three additional trainers to Kathmandu to assist the Nepal P [...]	2008-04-02 01:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SU NP
08KATHMANDU383	NEPAL: PARTY MANIFESTOS POINT TO CONTENTIOUS [...] (U) According to post's review of the manifestos of twelve of the most important political parties contesting the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, all but one party want a President to become Nepal's head of state. Most parties acknowledge a role for a Prime Minister. Most parties also [...]	2008-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NP PGOV PTER
08KATHMANDU388	NEPAL: REMOTE MID-WESTERN DISTRICT ACTIVELY [...] (C) During a three-day, mid-March visit to the remote hill district of Jumla in Nepal's mid-western region, Emboff found officials, parties, non-governmental organizations, and the general public actively engaged in efforts to prepare for the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. Offic [...]	2008-04-07 04:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU389	NEPAL: CY2007 END-USE MONITORING REPORT COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU391	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PREPARE FOR A WILD [...] (SBU) An estimated 745 international observers from 28 missions, including large delegations from the European Union, Carter Center, and the Asian Network for Free Elections, are taking position across Nepal to observe the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Most of the international obs [...]	2008-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU395	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION TWO DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) With Nepal's Constituent Assembly election only two days away, formal campaigning has ceased, but the parties are continuing to jockey for position, and isolated clashes continue. On April 4, the Election Commission released the final, slightly smaller, lists of proportional representat [...]	2008-04-08 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU396	EMBASSY KATHMANDU TO OPEN ELECTION OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU398	NEPAL: PREDICTING THE ELECTION OUTCOME ISN'T EASY [...] (C) The center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) is likely to the biggest winner of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election. However, not even the UML expects it will win a majority of the Assembly's 601 seats. Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's center-right Nepa [...]	2008-04-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU400	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP ONE [...] POLLING BEGAN AS SCHEDULED WITH NO MAJOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUD OR VIOLENCE DURING INITIAL STAGES. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. A Surprisingly Smooth Start --------------------------- 2. U.S. MISSION OBSERVERS AND MEDIA REPORTED THAT POLLING FOR NEPAL'S C [...]	2008-04-10 07:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU401	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP TWO [...] (U) OVERALL, POLLING CONTINUED WITH SPORADIC (BUT NO MAJOR) INCIDENCES OF FRAUD OR VIOLENCE. SEVERAL OF OUR MISSION OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED AS OF 1600 THAT 50-70% OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAD ALREADY TURNED OUT AT THE POLLING STATIONS THEY VISITED. NONETHELESS, CERTAIN ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMI [...]	2008-04-10 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU402	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP THREE [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (B),TWO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. THE ELECTION COMMISSION HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1830 AND ANNOUNCED THAT VOTER TURNOUT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 60% AND THE ELECTION WAS, OVERALL, SATISFACTORY, SUCCESSFUL, AND MOSTLY PEACEFUL. ALL [...]	2008-04-10 14:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU403	NEPAL NOT SENDING DELEGATE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to send any delegates to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) to be held in Paris, France on April 15. The Deputy Chief of Mission extended invitation as requested in Ref B to Foreign Secretary Acharya on Ap [...]	2008-04-11 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR NP
08KATHMANDU404	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP FOUR [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (REF C),BALLOT COUNTING BEGAN THIS MORNING ACROSS NEPAL. FOUR ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. BALLOT COUNTING BEGINS ---------------------- 2. (U) BALLOT COUNTING BEGAN T [...]	2008-04-11 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP FIVE [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (REF D),BALLOT COUNTING CONTINUED ACROSS NEPAL THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. BALLOT COUNTING CONTINUES ------------------------- 2. (U) BALLOT COUNTING C [...]	2008-04-11 13:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU408	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Based on initial results from Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is dominating the contest for the 601-member Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post seats. As of noon, April 13, the Maoists had won 37 of the 64 seats where winners have been [...]	2008-04-13 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU416	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS PROJECTED TO WIN A [...] (C) Although the Maoists continue to dominate the contest for the Constituent Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post seats (FPTP),international election experts predicted to the Ambassador April 14 that the Maoist lead would not remain as large once the proportional representation (PR) seats were [...]	2008-04-14 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU417	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) The Maoists continue to build a strong lead in day four of counting results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Ninety-eight locations in 21 constituencies will repoll, potentially affecting still unknown proportional representation results. At least one observer and clos [...]	2008-04-14 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU418	NEPAL: MAOISTS' INITIAL PRESS STATEMENTS MODERATE [...] (U) On April 12 and 13 as the extent of the Maoist victory in the Constituent Assembly election's 240 first-past-the-post races was becoming apparent, the two seniormost leaders of the Maoists spoke with the press. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Dahal (aka Prachanda) expressed support for maintaining [...]	2008-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PTER NP
08KATHMANDU422	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS WINNING ROUGHLY HALF [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 15, Nepal's Election Commission has declared the results in 208 out of 240 first-past-the-post races (87 percent) from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - 113 seats, 54 percent of declared total Nepali Co [...]	2008-04-15 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU428	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS PROJECTED TO WIN 40 [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 16, Nepal's Election Commission has announced the results from 216 out of 240 (90 percent) of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist has won three of the eight contests [...]	2008-04-16 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP

08KATHMANDU432	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: UML MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 17, Nepal's Election Commission has announced the results of 220 out of 240 (92 percent) of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. The Nepali Congress (NC),Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Lenini [...]	2008-04-17 08:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU438	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: DECLARED RESULTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In the 24 hours ending at noon local time on April 18, the Election Commission has declared the Nepali Congress the winner of one first-past-the-post (FPTP) contest, increasing the number of declared races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election to 221 out of 240. (Note: [...]	2008-04-18 07:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU448	CA ELECTION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEPAL [...] (C) In the wake of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election, the Maoists have become the strongest political force in the country. A large and diverse Assembly, in which the Maoists will have a plurality, will draft a new constitution. As its first act, the CA will abolish Nepal' [...]	2008-04-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU449	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: POLLING COMPLETE [...] On April 19, the two final constituencies concluded voting for the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. As of noon local time on April 21, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist had secured a full half of the 240 total first-past-the-post seats contested in the CA election. The Electi [...]	2008-04-21 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU452	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR [...] The Election Commission has announced the results for all 240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) contests from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. None of the so-called "royalist" parties has won an individual contest. Five constituencies in which the winning candidate also won in anot [...]	2008-04-22 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU454	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE DECREASING BUT STILL A [...] (SBU) Post's Regional Security Office and a domestic observer group reported numerous incidents of pre-election violence, at least half of which were instigated by the Maoists. Although election day was largely peaceful, four people were killed, eight abducted, and 112 injured on election da [...]	2008-04-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU463	NEPAL: MAOISTS PARTNER WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Over the last year, growing insecurity, labor problems and an uncertain political future led many investors in Nepal to hedge their bets. Over NRs 40 billion (USD 635 million) is thought to have been transferred out of the country over the last six months. With the news of the Maoist-le [...]	2008-04-25 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB EAID PGOV PTER SCUL IN NP
08KATHMANDU468	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: FINAL RESULTS [...] The Election Commission of Nepal (EC) has released the final results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. On the afternoon of April 25, the EC informed 25 parties how many proportional representation seats each is entitled to fill in the Assembly. The parties have seven day [...]	2008-04-25 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Nepal's population is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and the rising cost of food equates to increased hunger in Nepal. Over the last few decades Nepal has become a food deficit country. Yields per hectare have not kept pace with the population growth. In fact, Nepal has the low [...]	2008-05-01 05:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PREF IN NP
08KATHMANDU484	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HCOC [...] (SBU) On April 24, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging the Government of Nepal (GON) to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. T [...]	2008-05-01 08:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCR MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR NPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On April 24, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) would be unlikely to send any delegates to the Inaugural Global Initiative Information Portal Advisory Committee meeting in [...]	2008-05-01 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA NP
08KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU489	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA TRYING TO BALANCE [...] (C) As instructed (reftel),the Ambassador used a May 1 meeting with Prime Minister Koirala to express official U.S. concern about the treatment of Tibetans by Nepali authorities. She urged the Prime Minister to ensure the right to peaceful protest was maintained. Foreign Secretary Acharya r [...]	2008-05-01 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU492	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA UNSURE OF WAY AHEAD [...] (C) In a meeting on May 1 with Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, the Prime Minister said he expected some outcome within a few days to the ongoing discussions regarding a new coalition government. The PM was insistent that action needed to be taken about People's Liberation Army's weapons prior to [...]	2008-05-01 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU500	NEPAL WOULD PARTICIPATE IN UNAMID-RELATED TRAINING [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to accept the reftel invitation for trainers of formed police units (FPU) assigned to the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to participate in a course sponsored by the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESP [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA IT NP
08KATHMANDU514	REPORT ON OUTREACH TO DISSIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS FOR [...] Since arriving at post in August 2007 Ambassador Powell has held at least ten meetings with Tibetans living in Nepal. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey also held two meetings with Tibetans during her visit to Nepal in November 2007. 2. The Ambassad [...]	2008-05-06 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF CH NP
08KATHMANDU526	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: NAMES OF MEMBERS ELECTED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU531	NEPAL'S OIL CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Nearly a month after the Constituent Assembly Election, Nepal is again facing major fuel shortages and the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),Nepal's sole source of petroleum products, is again seeking payment. On April 28, the Nepal Oil Corporation was only able to make a partial payment; [...]	2008-05-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN EPET NP
08KATHMANDU533	DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU534	DEMARCHE ON INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN OSLO [...] (U) On May 8, Emboff and Defense Liaison Officer presented reftel concerns about the potentially negative impact that the proposed Oslo process treaty language regarding a ban on cluster munitions would have. They noted the possible harm to cooperation between states that join the new conven [...]	2008-05-12 03:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NP
08KATHMANDU535	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 (IRAN SANCTIONS) DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 03:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: KHANAL ELECTED UML GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (C) On May 15, the Central Committee of Nepal's third-largest party, the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),unanimously elected Foreign Department chief Jhalanath Khanal as General Secretary. Khanal, who had previously served in the party's top job from 1982- [...]	2008-05-19 03:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU560	DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST WITH MAJOR PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Major political parties vowed continued commitment to consensus politics during a breakfast meeting with senior diplomats on May 19, and acknowledged some, but not enough, progress towards an agreement to form a new Nepali government. With the Constituent Assembly,s first sittin [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU563	NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...]	2008-05-21 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU579	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM KOIRALA [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation that seemed to defy political or logistical realities, Prime Minister Koirala assured Ambassador on May 23 that all outstanding issues relating to the imminent sitting of the Constituent Assembly and formation of a new Nepali government would be solved through [...]	2008-05-23 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU580	NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 09:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL
08KATHMANDU583	NEPAL: PM KOIRALA EXPECTS A POLITICAL DEAL BEFORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told visiting South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum and the Ambassador May 25 that he expected the major political parties would reach a deal before the Constituent Assembly meets on May 28 which would lay the groundwork for formation of a new [...]	2008-05-27 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU585	NEPAL: OHCHR AND UNHCR SEE GRAVE PROBLEMS BENEATH [...] (C) On May 25, the Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal told South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum that Nepal's recent election and its human rights stance in international circles had created a misleading picture of the country's human rights [...]	2008-05-27 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM BT CH NP
08KATHMANDU586	NEPAL: MAJOR PARTIES DENY INTENT TO BLOCK [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 25 and 26 with South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum, senior leaders of the second, third and fourth-largest parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) disavowed the intent to deny the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) the right to f [...]	2008-05-27 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU593	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SWORN IN [...] (U) Beginning at 2:00 p.m. local time, on May 27, 567 persons elected in Nepal's historic April 10 election were sworn in as members of what will be a 601-member Constituent Assembly (CA). The ceremony, took place in Kathmandu's Birendra International Conference Center (BICC),which will be t [...]	2008-05-27 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU595	NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF APPEARS MORE PRAGMATIC [...] (C) South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum and Ambassador Powell met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, on Monday, May 26. Discussion focused on the ongoing political process, security preparations for the 28 May Constituent Assembly meeting and [...]	2008-05-27 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU596	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH CPN-M LEADER DAHAL [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Pushpa Dahal vowed full commitment to Nepal's ongoing peace process, multiparty democracy, integration/rehabilitation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA),and transformation of the Young Communist League (YCL) into a mainstream [...]	2008-05-27 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM NP
08KATHMANDU602	NEPAL: STILL ON THE BRINK OF A REPUBLIC [...] (C) As of close of business on May 28, the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA),which is supposed to declare Nepal a republic per the Interim Constitution, had not yet taken place. All 25 parliamentary parties reportedly reached agreement on May 27 on the creation of a presidency [...]	2008-05-28 11:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU607	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DECLARES NEPAL A REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Close to midnight on May 28, Nepal's Constituent Assembly voted overwhelmingly to make the country a federal, democratic republic and abolish the 240-year-old monarchy. The Interim Government also tabled a bill to amend the Interim Constitution to establish a ceremonial president as the [...]	2008-05-29 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
08KATHMANDU630	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION AMENDED TO CREATE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In the early hours of May 29, after abolishing the monarchy, Nepal's Constituent Assembly adopted a set of amendments to the Interim Constitution to create a President as head of state. It also established a Vice President. The President will have a range of powers that are not merely ce [...]	2008-06-03 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU636	NEPAL: ORIGINAL COPY OF IAEA INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU637	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU659	NEPAL: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS RELEASE OF 2008 TIP [...] (U) In meetings on June 4 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW),Emboff delivered the full text of the Nepal chapter of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, recognizing the new law that criminalizes all forms of traf [...]	2008-06-10 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU669	NEPAL RESTRICTS WHEAT EXPORTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS [...] (U) In June 4 meetings with the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Emboffs urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to remove the existing export ban on wheat and rice. A representative from the World Bank joined in the meeting with [...]	2008-06-11 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON EAID TBIO IN NP
08KATHMANDU679	NEPAL: STEEP HIKES IN PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS [...] (U) On June 9, the Government of Nepal (GON) directed the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to raise the price of petroleum products; including petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas. (NOTE: The price of aviation fuel was already increased twice in the last two months, first on May 13 [...]	2008-06-13 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU682	NEPAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX [...] (U) On June 2, per reftel Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with copies to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC),requesting the Government of Nepal's (GON's) support for the U.S. nominee to chair the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex),Dr. Karen [...]	2008-06-16 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NP
08KATHMANDU683	NEPAL SUPPORTS IOM DG CANDIDATE SWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AORC SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU689	NEPAL: AGREEMENT ON NEW MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Two months after the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the expected formation of a new Maoist-led government is still proving elusive. Although his Nepali Congress (NC) placed a distant second to the Maoists in the April 10 Constituent Assembly election (CA),Prime Minister G.P. Koi [...]	2008-06-18 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU697	WHO WILL BE NEPAL'S FIRST PRESIDENT? [...] (C) As of June 19, major political parties of Nepal continued to bicker over the selection of the country's first president. Nepal's Constituent Assembly amended the Interim Constitution on May 28 to establish the largely ceremonial office, immediately after abolishing the monarchy. Competin [...]	2008-06-19 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU7	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION AMENDED: NEPAL TO BE A [...] (C) On December 28, Nepal's Interim Parliament amended the Interim Constitution to declare that Nepal will be a federal republic, with implementation at the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA). The set of amendments, the third since the Interim Constitution was adopted in January 20 [...]	2008-01-02 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU70	NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU704	NEPAL: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post's submission of its 2008 "Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims" follows: Begin Text. NEPAL The United States Government is aware of two (2) claims of United States citizens that may be outstanding against the Government of Nepal (GON). Â [...]	2008-06-20 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: PARTIES MAKE PROGRESS, BUT NO NEW [...] (C) Senior political leaders told the Ambassador June 19 that the three major parties were close to a deal to break the deadlock over appointment of the President and vote in a new Maoist-led government. At close of business on June 20, however, Nepali Congress reservations to ending Prime Mi [...]	2008-06-20 10:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU71	NEPAL TO SUPPORT PROSPER FOR UN COMMITTEE ON THE [...] On January 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated in a diplomatic note that the Government of Nepal has decided to support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The MFA previously had said i [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU728	NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT COULD BE DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Maoist chairman Pushpa Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Carter Center senior adviser Peter Burleigh the morning of June 26 that he expected to be Prime Minister in "three or four days," and that Prime Minister Koirala (Nepali Congress) would announce his resignation within a matter of hours, whi [...]	2008-06-26 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU740	WOMEN MAKE IMPORTANT STRIDES IN NEPAL'S CA ELECTION [...] (U) Nepali women made important strides in April's Constituent Assembly (CA) election, capturing 33 percent of the seats in the 601-member Assembly. Much of the increase in female representation can be attributed to the quota which required parties to fill half of the seats they won through [...]	2008-06-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KWMN NP
08KATHMANDU742	NEPAL: MADHESI ISSUES HOLDING UP CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Since June 26, protests by the main Madhesi parties inside the Constituent Assembly have prevented the Assembly from doing any business. The Madhesi parties, with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) leading the charge, are insisting that the Interim Constitution must be amended to pr [...]	2008-06-30 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU743	NEPAL/TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW FINANCIAL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On June 26, K. B. Manandhar, the Acting Governor of Nepal's central bank, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB),told Emboffs that the NRB's Financial Information Unit (FIU) would be the focal point for engaging with post on terrorism finance issues. The Government of Nepal in April 2008 first s [...]	2008-07-01 02:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN KTFN NP
08KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...]	2008-07-08 04:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP
08KATHMANDU78	NEPAL: REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE FOR HONORARY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent post a diplomatic note dated December 31, 2007 requesting that the United States concur with the Government of Nepal's appointment of Mr. Narayan Shrestha as an Honorary Consul of Nepal for the consular district of Colorado. Shrestha currently re [...]	2008-01-18 02:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU781	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR NEPALI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Twelve weeks following Nepal's historic polls, political leaders remain locked in contentious negotiations to open the door to the formation of a new government. Ambassador urged senior Nepali leaders on July 2 & 3 to make the hard decisions and compromises necessary to move f [...]	2008-07-08 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU785	NEPAL: MOST OF THE CA'S APPOINTED MEMBERS SWORN IN [...] (U) On July 7, Acting Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Kul Bahadur Gurung swore in 23 of the Assembly's 26 appointed members. The three remaining appointed members are expected to be sworn in within the next few days. The cabinet approved all 26 on July 4. Once the three are sworn in, the [...]	2008-07-09 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU793	NEPAL: GLOBAL INITIATIVE UPDATES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 3, Emboff and Igor Gavrichev, Minister Counsellor from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, informed Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for the UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that India and Jordan had become partner nations of the Global Initi [...]	2008-07-11 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS NP
08KATHMANDU796	NEPAL: FIFTH AMENDMENT PASSED; MADHESIS BOYCOTT [...] (C) On the evening of July 13, the Constituent Assembly (CA) passed the Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution, which decrees the election of a president, prime minister, and other officials by simple majority if the political parties fail to reach a consensus. The Madhesi parties, whic [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU797	MADHESI PARTIES WIN A MAJOR ROLE IN NEPAL'S [...] (U) For the first time in Nepal's democratic history, Madhesi parties won a significant percentage of seats in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. When appointed seats are factored in, the three leading Madhesi parties, including the largest -- the Madhesi People's Rights Forum - [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU807	NEPAL: SPECIAL BUDGET BILL PASSED [...] (U) On July 15, the last day of the Nepali fiscal year, and in the absence of a new fiscal year budget, the Constituent Assembly (CA) passed a special Advance and Expenditure Bill (the Bill). The Bill authorizes new government expenditures of up to NRs 73.54 billion (USD 1.07 billion) and rev [...]	2008-07-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU808	NEPAL: MINOR MADHESI LEADER IS FAVORITE TO BECOME [...] (U) In keeping with regulations adopted by Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) on July 15, the parties nominated their candidates to become the country's first President and Vice President on July 17. By the 1 p.m. (local time) deadline, the nominees (all by the four largest parties) were: -- [...]	2008-07-17 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR NP
08KATHMANDU813	NEPAL: PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN ON JULY [...] (C) According to Manohar Bhattarai, the Acting Secretary General of the Constituent Assembly (CA),Nepal's first President is expected to be sworn in at the National Academy in Kathmandu on July 20. An official in the Chief Secretary's office told Emboff July 18 that the ceremony, which will [...]	2008-07-18 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU815	INDIGENOUS CANDIDATES TO CONTROL ONE-THIRD OF [...] (U) Indigenous nationality ("janajati") candidates won just over a third of the seats in Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) election on April 10. They occupy nearly a third of the seats from first-past-the-post contests and slightly more than a third from the proportional representation (PR) [...]	2008-07-21 04:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU820	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTS RAM BARAN [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, the most senior Madhesi in the Nepali Congress party, to be Nepal's first president. Yadav defeated Ram Raja Prasad Singh, a fellow Madhesi and the candidate of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, by 26 votes in a sec [...]	2008-07-21 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU829	NEPAL SWEARS IN FIRST PRESIDENT [...] (U) Dr. Ram Baran Yadav was sworn in as Nepal's first President July 23, and then administered the oath of office to Vice-President Paramananda Jha. Prime Minister Koirala is expected to submit his resignation to the President after the inauguration, paving the way for the formation of a new [...]	2008-07-23 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU83	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA EXPANDS CABINET [...] (C) On January 10, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala expanded his cabinet by eight ministers drawn from the Nepali Congress Party (NC),the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),and the Maoists. Koirala appointed his controversial daughter Sujata as Minister Without Portfolio. [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR NP
08KATHMANDU845	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU846	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU848	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN [...] (C) Political parties, under Maoist leadership, have finally begun earnest talks on government formation. Nepali Congress leaders are concerned that the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist will split from Congress in favor of an alliance with the Maoists, while the United Marxi [...]	2008-07-29 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU861	NEPAL'S MAOISTS ASKED TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On July 29 President Yadav issued a public call to the Maoists to form the next government on the basis of consensus within seven days. A meeting of the four largest parties July 30 agreed that Prime Minister Koirala could lead Nepal's delegation to SAARC. It is unclear whether the Maoist [...]	2008-07-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU862	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION TO BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU87	NEPAL ELECTION: 79 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) With just over 11 weeks to go until Nepal's rescheduled Constituent Assembly election, the Election Commission has announced the electoral schedule and is moving ahead in reviving the election machinery. But the parties have yet to move into high gear. Many continue to doubt that the ele [...]	2008-01-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID NP
08KATHMANDU872	NEPAL PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) has accepted an invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy as soon as September 2008, provided that the United States or Italy covers travel and medical expenses. Sabina Shrestha, the Hono [...]	2008-08-01 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS IT NP
08KATHMANDU895	NEPAL: LITTLE PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM [...] (C) Maoist-led negotiations to form a new government have been unable to overcome the daunting set of problems - a complete lack of trust among the parties, splits within each of the major parties, and personality conflicts. Competing negotiations by Prime Minister Koirala to form a 'democrati [...]	2008-08-08 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU910	NEPAL: ELECTION OF PRIME MINISTER SCHEDULED [...] (C) Nominations for Nepal's new Prime Minister have to be filed August 14, with the election scheduled for August 15. Party leaders from the four largest parties have offered support in principle to a Maoist-led consensus government, but negotiations have been stuck on the allocation of the de [...]	2008-08-13 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU912	NEPAL: TWO NOMINEES FOR PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) According to Mukunda Sharma, spokesman of the Constituent Assembly Secretariat, two candidates had filed nomination papers by the August 14 5 pm deadline for the August 15 election of the Prime Minster - Sher Bahadur Deuba from Nepali Congress (NC) and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) fr [...]	2008-08-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU918	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN PUSHPA DAHAL IS NEW PRIME [...] (SBU) The Constituent Assembly has elected Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal by an overwhelming majority of 464 to 113. The major parties, with the exception of the Nepali Congress, have created an alliance but have yet to make firm decisions regarding [...]	2008-08-15 13:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU932	NEPAL: DAHAL SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU952	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL ANAND WOOLFORK NEPAL VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Nepal comes four months after the interim government held national elections. Election results confirmed the Maoists as the largest party, and also saw new Terai-based parties receive significant representation. The Constituent Assembly relatively quickly declared Nepal a [...]	2008-08-22 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU958	NEPAL: MAOISTS AND MADHESIS FORM A PARTIAL CABINET [...] (C) On August 22, eight out of a planned 24 cabinet ministers -- four Maoists and four from the Madhesi People's Rights Forum -- took their oaths of office. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) backed out of the oath-taking ceremony over differences with the Maoists r [...]	2008-08-25 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU972	NEPAL: MAOIST CADRES ALLEGEDLY TORTURE VICTIMS AT [...] (C) Cadres affiliated with the Maoists' youth wing over the past four or five months have allegedly tortured hundreds of current and recovering drug users in a "rehabilitation center" in Balaju on the northern outskirts of Kathmandu. Ekta Mahat (protect),a young former drug user and now an a [...]	2008-08-28 07:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR KHIV UN NP
08KATHMANDU982	NEPAL: PM EXPANDS CABINET, APPOINTS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) On August 31, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal swore 15 ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total number to 24. The six Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) ministers agreed to take their oaths of office after the PM conceded on a protocol demand and allowed a contro [...]	2008-09-03 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU993	GTIP PROGRAMMING IN NEPAL [...] In 2006, GTIP, through USAID, approved a grant to World Education. GTIP approved the grant based on the proposal submitted by World Education. As part of the monitoring of the activity, GTIP conducted a national assessment of activities in Nepal and visited the World Education program in Feb [...]	2008-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP USAID KOCI KWMN SOCI PHUM KCRM ELAB PGOV
09KATHMANDU1002	KATHMANDU MEETING AGREES ON PLANS TO HELP TIGERS [...] (U) Summary: More than 200 tiger experts, government representatives and non-governmental organizations met in Kathmandu October 27-30 to consider how to reverse the alarming reduction of tigers in the wild in the last hundred years from 100,000 to about 3,500. The World Bank and the governm [...]	2009-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE XD NP
09KATHMANDU1005	NEPAL: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reftel points regarding USG concerns about the Goldstone report released on September 15 and scheduled for discussion in the UN General Assembly starting November 4. MFA officials responsible for UN and International Organizations d [...]	2009-11-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU1006	NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK DOWN ON AIRPORT THREAT [...] (SBU) Citing international pressure, the Maoists called off plans to blockade the international airport on November 10. In a statement several hours after a November 3 meeting with the diplomatic community (reftel),Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, said, "In view of the inco [...]	2009-11-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1007	NEPAL: DRL VITITORS MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nepali Constituent Assembly members, politically active youth leaders, and technocrats told Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) bureau visitors that Nepal is unlikely to meet the May 28, 2010 deadline for drafting the constitution. The Maoists are by far the best organized p [...]	2009-11-05 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DRL KDEM NP PGOV PHUM SOCI
09KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: LASTING CHALLENGES TO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As political party leaders fight for short-term control of government, Nepal's peace process remains stalled. The consensus between the key political parties that existed 2005-2007 -- which led to the end of the conflict, the holding of multiparty elections, and [...]	2009-11-05 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1015	NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS WON'T LEAVE SOON [...] (C) Summary: Despite repeated promises, the Maoists are unlikely to allow the discharge of 4,008 disqualified former combatants anytime soon. Maoist internal strategy is confused and focused on retaking government. Negotiations on integration and rehabilitation of the 19,602 verified Maoist [...]	2009-11-10 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1022	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 11, Charge met with Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai and urged Nepal to support the U.S. position on the upcoming UN country specific human rights resolution votes. Charge expressed his appreciation Nepal's past record of abstaining on such resolutions. The Foreign Secreta [...]	2009-11-12 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU1023	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...]	2009-11-12 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP
09KATHMANDU1030	MEDIA REACTION: 'ERA OF ENGAGEMENT' WITH JUNTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1037	NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN NEW PROTESTS AS TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Even as the Maoists threaten new protests, optimism is growing that Nepal's political parties may reach agreement on a deal that will bring the Maoists back into government. Maoist leader Prachanda's meeting in Singapore with senior (and ailing) Nepali politician G.P. Koirala fu [...]	2009-11-17 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1046	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU [...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...]	2009-11-19 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU1047	NEPAL: MIDWEST NEPAL CALM, MAOIST SUPPORT DECLINES [...] (SBU) Summary. Support for the Maoists in two districts in midwestern Nepal appears to have decreased since the April 2008 elections, as ethnic-based political movements gain strength. During a trip to Banke and Bardiya districts, EmbOffs found the security situation generally calm. Implemen [...]	2009-11-19 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1048	NEPAL: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU105	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...]	2009-02-09 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP

09KATHMANDU1059	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP

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