SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY NEPAL AGREEMENT PAVING WAY

 

FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General is pleased to learn that the Seven-Party Alliance has reached an agreement on key issues of the peace process, paving the way for a Constituent Assembly election to be held by April 2008.  He welcomes the decision by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to rejoin the Interim Government.

The Secretary-General urges all parties to swiftly move forward in the implementation of the agreements reached and lay the grounds for a peaceful, inclusive and credible Constituent Assembly election.  To that end, the Secretary-General and the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) stand ready to extend all necessary assistance.

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