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O 012003Z MAY 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 5912
INFO UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU IMMEDIATE 2757
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE 4452

UNCLAS STATE 044662 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC UNMIN PREL NP
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN 
 
¶1. The Department requests USUN to draw on the following 
points for use during the UN Security Council's debate on the 
UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), scheduled to take place on May 5. 
 
¶2. Begin points: 
 
-- We are pleased to welcome SRSG Landgrin to the Council 
for the first time and thank her for her briefing. The 
United States appreciates the efforts by the Special 
Representative and her staff to complete the tasks within 
UNMIN,s mandate and to continue to assist the Nepali 
government in moving the peace process forward. 
 
-- We take special note of both the progress and the 
setbacks the report outlines in Nepal's efforts to carry 
out the terms of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.  We 
bear in mind always the enormous achievements of the 
people of Nepal.  They have peacefully ended 
an insurgency, begun a process of reconciliation, and 
formed a government. 
 
-- These accomplishments remain at risk, however, while so 
many important aspects of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
remain unfulfilled.  The Maoist-led government and the Nepali 
Army must recognize that a cornerstone of any democracy is 
civilian control of the military and the prudent exercise of 
that control.  As the report details, there has been some 
progress on the integration of the People's Liberation Army 
and the Nepali Army but this progress is threatened by 
infighting between the government and the Nepali Army. 
 
-- We are pleased that the Special Committee has begun 
regular consultations and welcome the establishment of the 
Technical Committee to aid the implementation of its 
decisions.  We remain deeply concerned by the Secretary 
General's report that differences between the parties in the 
coalition government continues to impede decision making.  We 
urge the major parties to redouble their efforts to 
facilitate the work of integrating and rehabilitating Maoist 
army personnel.   As a step forward, we urge the government 
of Nepal to take immediate steps to adopt the Special 
Representative's suggestions to consolidate arms and soldiers 
into fewer cantonments, and to discharge minors. 
 
-- Continued misuse of political youth groups also threatens 
the peace process.  The United States urges the Communist 
Party of Nepal -Maoist to take concrete steps to transform 
its militant Young Communist League into an exclusively 
non-violent organization.  The United States urges the other 
parties to take similar steps with their youth wings. 
 
-- As reflected in the statement adopted by the Council, we 
call on the government of Nepal and the major political 
parties to recommit themselves to the peace process in order 
to both meet their obligations to the Nepali people and to 
conclude UNMIN,s mandate.  As we look forward to the end of 
the current mandate in June, we will look for concrete 
demonstration of that commitment from the Government of Nepal 
in considering any recommendations or requests it may offer 
regarding UNMIN,s future.  We plan to consult with our 
Council colleagues as we seek to conclude UNMIN,s mandate, 
preserve the enormous progress the people of Nepal have made 
in establishing peace and stability, and decide how best the 
Council can contribute to lasting peace and stability in 
Nepal going forward. 
 
End points. 
CLINTON