KATHMANDU, AUG 26 -
A meeting of Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee (JMCC) previously scheduled for Thursday has been put off after the Nepal Army (NA) decided to boycott today's session.
The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) that has been coordinating the JMCC informed the UCPN (Maoist) about the postponement of the meeting following the NA decision.
The NA has said that it made the decision to boycott the session after the UN rejected its request not to table the agenda concerning Army recruitment in today’s meeting.
The nine-member mechanism led by the UNMIN serves as the dispute resolution body regarding implementation of the Agreement on Monitoring of the Management of the Arms and Armies (AMMAA). The mechanism comprises three representatives from each of the Army, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the UNMIN.
After the NA and the PLA announced fresh recruitment early this month, the UNMIN had objected the moves, saying recruitment by either side constitutes a breach of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the AMMAA. It suggested that the proposed recruitment should be referred to JMCC for approval.
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