Call for participation in one-day workshop

 

A one-day workshop on:
Mandates of the People’s Movement and Present Political Deadlock in Nepal

Overview:
Following the “12-point agreement” between the Seven-Party-Alliance (SPA) and Maoist insurgents, a people’s movement launched in April 2006 successfully installed the SPA in government with a mandate to solve all political issues including the decade long insurgency in the country. Ironically, five months on, the country continues to go through political limbos. The sluggish performance of the government is triggering widespread concerns at home and aboard. In this transition period, we strongly feel that further debates are necessary to help solve many controversial political issues on the one hand, and that the government and other concerned parties need to be warned off their mistakes on the other. Keeping this responsibility in mind, we are going to organise a one-day workshop with the following two-fold purposes:

1. Update our understanding on the present political situation in Nepal,
2. Present the outcome of the programme to the government of Nepal and other concerned

parties in order to make them know the Nepalese diaspora’s concerns and views on the

political developments in Nepal.

Date, time and venue:
Date: 07 October 2006 (Saturday)
Time: 11.00 to 17.00
Venue: The Warehouse, Cumberland Road, Reading, UK

Registration details:
1. Participants: Anybody interested to contribute to the discussion can participate
2. Registration: Interested participants can send their name by phone, email or by mail with:

Name Phone no. Email
C.B. Gurung 07748153456 Cbgurung10@hotmail.com
Harihar Pokhrel 07747072622 pokharelh@gmail.com

Arjun Basnet 01183751193 basnetarjun@hotmail.com
Ang kaljang Lama 07752153687 nepalesedemocraticforum@yahoo.co.uk

3. Registration fee: A small contribution towards cost of lunch will be collected on the

workshop day.
4. Registration date: Registration should be done by 5th October.

Programme Details:
The programme will be deliberated in Nepali. It will begin with a keynote speech. Panellists will present on each of the following themes followed by plenary discussion. There will be a moderator and a Rapporteur for each theme. Finally, a Reading Declaration will be issued and widely disseminated

Themes and sub-themes:
1. The mandates of the people’s movement 2006
2. Present deadlock on (I): Implementation of 12 points agreement, management of army and

weapons.
3 Present deadlock on (II): Interim constitution; parliament; Interim Government; Action to

the culprits
4 Role of various national and international actors; political willingness and responsibility

The details about the keynote speaker, panellists, moderators, rapporteur and timetable of the programme will be available on registration on the conference day. The registration will be between 11.00-11.30.

For the further information, please contact to the contact given above. Looking forward to your participation in the programme.

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Organisers:

Nepalese Democratic Forum Reading Nepali Samaj
United Kingdom Reading, UK

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Contributors:


Keynote speaker:
Prof: Surya Subedi

Panellists:
Theme 1: Dr Ramesh Kumar Dungel
Theme 2: Dr Chandra Laksamba
Theme 3: Krishna Upadyaya
Theme 4: Dr. Naya Sharma Poudel

Moderators:
Dr Badri Bastakoti
Dr. Bishnu Ghimire
Er. Narad Bhandari
Ram Sharan Shimkhada

Rapporteurs:
Krishna Paudel
Harihar Pokharel
Chirinjibi Paudel
Keshav Sapkota