KATHMANDU, Dec 1: United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of retired Lt. Gen. Balananda Sharma as the coordinator of the secretariat of the Special Committee formed to supervise, integrate and rehabilitate Maoist army personnel.
Issuing a press statement, Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Nepal Karin Landgren said the agreement reached between the parties yesterday over the appointment of the coordinator of the secretariat is a welcome development. "... I hope (this) will give renewed impetus to implementation of the four-point agreement. In particular, I urge the parties to focus on the key goal of the Special Committee, namely to integrate and rehabilitate the Maoist army personnel,” she said. [break]
Landgren also called upon the parties to come to a swift agreement on all decisions needed to help facilitate the orderly withdrawal of UNMIN.
A meeting of Special Committee meant to forward integration and rehabilitation of cantoned Maoist combatants on Tuesday had unanimously picked Sharma as the secretariat coordinator after the Maoist dropped their claim for the post.