www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-07 13:29:59
KATHMANDU, July 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A three-member United Nations team will be visiting Nepal on July 10-15 to assess the overall situation in the country, a statement from the UN Information Center here said Thursday.
'The visit aims at expanding contact between the UN and the Nepali government, leaders of political parties and representatives of the civil society' the statement said.
According to the statement, the team will be headed by Lakhda Brahimi, Special Advisor to UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, and Special Assistant Asif Khan and Senior Political Affairs Officer at the UN Department of Political Affairs, Samuel Tamrat, will be accompanying Brahimi.
Besides gathering information from UN officials in Kathmandu, the team will meet vice-chairmen of the Council Ministers, or cabinet, Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista and Minister for ForeignAffairs Nath Pandey and leaders of all mainstream political parties.
'Brahimi's visit holds special significance because he is the highest-level official sent by Annan to Nepal to study developments here,' it noted.
The team will submit its report directly to Annan, the statement said."
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