Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party
- Country/entity
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Nepal
- Region
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Asia and Pacific
- Agreement name
- Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party
- Date
- 12 Nov 2009
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/local conflict
- Stage
- Implementation/renegotiation
- Conflict nature
- Government
- Peace process
- Nepal related-local processes
- Parties
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Suman Wantawa Adihang, Convener
Pampha Kiranti, Member
Heet Bahadur Kepchhaki, Member
Shiv Fago, Member
Dr. J.B. Tamang, Member
Rakam Chemjong, Talks Team Convener and Minister, Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction - Third parties
- -
- Description
- This agreement brings the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party into the formal negotiation process and agrees to hold discussion on the demands raised bythe Kirant Janawadi Workers Party.
- Agreement document
- NP_091114_GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Local agreement properties
- Process type
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Formal structured process
- Rationale
- Nepal’s national peace process was anchored in the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). The CPA, unlike multiple other peace accords, committed to wide-ranging guarantees to make the country ‘inclusive’ and ‘restructure the state’. The Interim Constitution that succeeded the CPA, specified multiple pathways to inclusion, comprising of, secularism, proportionate representation in state organs, adapting to a mixed-electoral system with proportional representation built in, and cultural recognition among others. Given the broad guarantees, all the movements succeeding the CPA, framed their movements around greater guarantees for inclusion and ‘state restructuring’. Thus, the demands of all the movements, and the resulting agreements between these groups and the governments, can be said to be a part of the national peace process.
- Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
- Yes
- Link to national process: articulated rationale
- Their demand was centred on creation of creation of a Kirat state in eastern Nepal, which was buoyed by the broad commitment to state restructuring in the CPA. The peace agreement in this database does not list their 14-point demand, so its difficult hard to recheck if the agreement committed to this state.
- Name of Locale
- Eastern Nepal
- Nature of Locale
- Region
- GPS Lat/Long (DD)
- 26.808517, 87.283661
- Participant type
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Central state actor
Local armed group - Mediator, facilitator or similar
- No mention of mediator or similar
Local issues
- Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)
No specific mention.
- Grievance List
No specific mention.
- Cattle rustling/banditry
No specific mention.
- Social cover
No specific mention.
Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party
Agreement concluded on November 14, 2009
1. The Kirant Janawadi Workers Party presented 14-point demands and discussions were held on their demands.
2. Since the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party joined the negotiation process for the establishment of peace, none of its leaders and activists shall be arrested and the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party shall not carry out any activities that might affect the talks, including use and display of weapons, during the period of negotiations.
3. Discussion shall be held on the political demands of the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party and weapons management [1].
Suman Wantawa Adihang, Convener
Pampha Kiranti, Member
Heet Bahadur Kepchhaki, Member
Shiv Fago, Member
Dr. J.B. Tamang, Member
Rakam Chemjong, Talks Team Convener and Minister, Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction
1. Following the decision of the meeting of the Government of Nepal (Council of Ministers), held on December 9, 2009, ‘to be done as per the decision of the committee through discussion of the Council of Ministers, Political Committee’, in accordance with the decision of the said Committee upon discussions, the words ‘weapons management’ in the third point were removed.