Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party
• Date

  18 Jan 2009
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Nepalese Insurgency (1996 - 2006) )
• Stage

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Government
• Peace process

  Nepal related-local processes
• Parties

  On behalf of Kirant Janawadi Workers Party Sd.
  Anant Kranti
  Coordinator
  
  On behalf of GoN Talks Team
  Sd.
  Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
  Coordinator
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  An agreement in the Government of Nepal agree to consider the demands of the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party in the next round of talks and the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party agree to suspend violent activities in order to participate in the negotiations.

• Agreement document

  NP_090118_GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  
• Rationale

  A dialogue team was set up by the Maoist-led government, which won the elections in April 2008. This dialogue team was again led/ coordinated by the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Mr Janardhan Sharma. This team pursued dialogue with the team of Kirant Janawadi Workers Party, leading to this agreement.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  Given the recognition of the CPA for wide-ranging commitment on social and economic transformation, this can be seen to be anchored to the CPA commitment. This agreement sought for laws to be amended in accordance to the ILO Convention 169- the international convention for Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention among others.
• Name of Locale

  Eastern Nepal
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  26.809901, 87.245895
• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Agreement between the GoN and Kirant Janawadi Workers Party

A dialogue was held in a cordial atmosphere between the Talks Team of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Talks Team of the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party on January 18, 2009 in Dharan.

With the belief that the institutional development, strengthening of Nepal’s progressive transformation and federal democratic republic can take place only through a new people-centric constitution, and embracing the principles of sovereignty, integrity, national interest and national unity, an agreement was reached on the following points.

1. The GoN shall be responsible for the security of the members of the talks committee during the period of dialogue.

2. The Kirant Janawadi Workers Party shall suspend its violent activities and shall not engage in any unlawful activities.

In addition, the GoN shall treat the party leaders and activists as political actors.

3. The Kirant Janawadi Workers Party shall make available to the GoN a list of the people imprisoned in the course of agitation, and the GoN shall immediately release them after investigations.

4. The GoN has already ratified ILO Convention 169.

In the course of its implementation, the acts and laws shall be amended, as necessary.

5. Many of the demands put forth on the negotiation table by the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party shall be reconsidered and the GoN shall categorize the demands, carry out additional studies and homework, and discuss them in the next round of talks.

The date of the next round of talks shall be decided on mutual understanding.

On behalf of Kirant Janawadi Workers Party

Sd. Anant Kranti, Coordinator

On behalf of GoN Talks Team

Sd. Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’, Coordinator