Govt directed to form post-UNMIN mechanism

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: The parliamentary committee international relations and human rights on Thursday directed the government to form a constitutional mechanism for monitoring the Maoist combatants before UNMIN’s exit.



United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) is set to conclude its term on Sunday.[break]



In a committee meeting, Maoist lawmakers demanded that the committee should instruct the government to extend the terms of UNMIN. Other lawmakers, mainly representing CPN-UML and Nepali Congress (NC), contradicted Maoist lawmakers in the heated discussion.



Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong told the committee that the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist Combatants is mandated to monitor the combatants and weapons.



Chemjong referred to Provision 5 of the Terms of Reference of the Special Committee, signed by the then Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on October 25, 2008. The provision states that ‘the committee will control and command the combatants in cantonments and weapons in/outside cantonments until the integration and rehabilitation’.

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