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| Nepal Maoists ready to sit as MPs | Nepal Maoists ready to sit as MPs |
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| Maoist rebels who fought a 10-year war in Nepal are to enter parliament for the first time on Monday ahead of elections later this year. | |
| The historic development is part of an interim arrangement and one of a series of measures to bring the communist rebels into the political fold. | |
| The United Nations is stepping up its role in Nepal's peace process. | The United Nations is stepping up its role in Nepal's peace process. |
| Nine months ago the Maoists were still an underground, outlawed group but they will now have a share of power. | Nine months ago the Maoists were still an underground, outlawed group but they will now have a share of power. |
| The current parliament will sit from 0800 (0215 GMT) and is due to endorse a new temporary constitution which, among other things, grants the prime minister the executive powers of a head of state. | The current parliament will sit from 0800 (0215 GMT) and is due to endorse a new temporary constitution which, among other things, grants the prime minister the executive powers of a head of state. |
| There could be many hours of debate but the approval of the charter - expected late in the day - will automatically dissolve the two-chambered house and set up a new unicameral one, including the Maoists. | There could be many hours of debate but the approval of the charter - expected late in the day - will automatically dissolve the two-chambered house and set up a new unicameral one, including the Maoists. |
| UN involvement | UN involvement |
| The Maoists' share of nominated MPs includes a large number of women and members of marginalised social groups along with civil society activists. | The Maoists' share of nominated MPs includes a large number of women and members of marginalised social groups along with civil society activists. |
| Surprisingly, it also includes a retired major general of the Nepalese army who has voiced republican sentiments. | Surprisingly, it also includes a retired major general of the Nepalese army who has voiced republican sentiments. |
| On Tuesday the United Nations is to start monitoring the confinement of the Maoists' weapons in designated camps and registering their combatants in the same places. | On Tuesday the United Nations is to start monitoring the confinement of the Maoists' weapons in designated camps and registering their combatants in the same places. |
| In the past few days the UN secretary general has recommended a fully-fledged UN mission in Nepal to help more broadly with the transition to permanent peace. | |
| A draft resolution on this is being prepared for endorsement by the Security Council. | A draft resolution on this is being prepared for endorsement by the Security Council. |