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KATHMANDU: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe who, arrived here in the capital on Wednesday morning, held discussion with the top leaders of the major parties on the country’s ongoing peace process and the role of UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) to accomplish of the remaining tasks.
During the separate meetings with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala, UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, he exchanged views on what needs to be accomplished in the remaining time and where there needs to be greater focus, according to a UNMIN statement.
The top UN official also discussed the implementation of the Four Point Agreement with all of his interlocutors.
Pascoe is in a two-day visit to Nepal to review the progress in the peace process and preparations for the orderly withdrawal of (UNMIN).
“This is a critical period. The Security Council has decided that UNMIN will close on January 15. There is a lot of work to be done between now and then. [The Council] also gave explicit instructions to do everything we can to help the Nepali peace process in that period, which we will certainly do under [Representative of the Secretary-General] Karin Landgren,” Pascoe said upon his arrival.
During his two-day visit, Pascoe will engage in discussions with the government, the parties, UNMIN officials and the UN Country Team as well as other stakeholders on what needs to be done to ensure a smooth transition to the post-UNMIN period, according to UNMIN.
“I need to get a good feel for where the process is at the moment. I hope they would be very positive discussions that I have with the party leaders and the government on this process because I have to go back and report to the Security Council next week on what I find. So I'm looking for a very productive next couple of days,” he said.
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