Agenda Item 11 Civil and Political Rights, 5 April 2005

Statement delivered by Dr. Arjun Karki, President, NGO Federation of Nepal

Mr. Chairman,

We are seriously concerned about ongoing violations of civil and political rights including arbitrary arrest, torture, illegal detention, restriction on freedom of expression, and the ban on political activities in Nepal. Human rights organizations report that the number of killings has increased from 6 to 10 per day since the declaration of the state of emergency on February 1, 2005.

Saturday, 02 October 2004  

By Arjun Dhakal – Reporting from Katmandu, Nepal

Katmandu, 03 October, [Asiantribune.com]: Dr. Arjun Karki is the President of NGO Federation of Nepal and head of one of the largest development NGOs, Rural Reconstruction Nepal-RRN in Nepal. He had published books and research papers on the issues of insurgency in Nepal and conflict resolution. The recent publications by Dr. Karki are: People War in Nepal: Left Perspectives and Whose War? - Economic, Socio-Cultural Impacts of Maoist-Government Conflict in Nepal. Excepts:

Civil Society Statement to the 5th Plenary Meeting for the International Conference on Financing for Development

March 22, 2002 Monterrey, Mexico

Presented by Mr. Arjun Kumar Karki and Monica Vincent

The NGO Caucus would like to begin by expressing our appreciation to the Mexican government for its compliance with UN guidelines in providing facilities for civil society work. It sets a precedent that all governments should seek to follow in the future.

But the NGO Caucus states that we are not part of the Monterrey Consensus. We do not consider it a sufficient basis for combating poverty or for advancing economic, social and cultural rights.