Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Politics

Politics CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY Constitutional Conundrum As May 28 draws closer, concerns over whether the new constitution will be promulgated by that deadline are naturally growing. The activities going on inside and outside the Constituent Assembly indicate that the new constitution, even if it is promulgated, will not give a long term solution to the long running political instability. Nepal’s hard geostrategic realities are its two giant neighbours. Within home, the many voices of differences and dissents coming from a range of political and ethnic organisations compound the problems. Disagreements pervade from the top to the bottom of the constitution making process. Even at the best scenario at the moment, the new constitution looks likely to face a similar fate as the six constitutions that Nepal experimented with before: http://spotlightnepal.com/sln/Politics.aspx?ArticleID=883

Monday, March 28, 2011

New Spotlightnepal

New Spotlightnepal curent issue among others higlights the implications of failure of Nepal's political parties to forge a consensus on various issues. The issue highlights Japan's earthquke, elections of Nepal's apex industrial body.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Nepal's World AIDS Day On Right Track

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Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise “Universal Access and Human Rights”
WORLD AIDS DAY On Right Track
Given a guarantee to basic human rights and regular availability of medicines for people living with HIV, it is possible to stabilize the HIV epidemic. This is what the recently released UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic reveals. The report shows that the total number of people living with HIV is stabilizing worldwide. Despite continuous political instability and frequent changes in the governments, Nepal has also achieved a major progress in stabilizing HIV infections. Interestingly, Nepal has also succeeded in decreasing new HIV infections by more than 25% over the last one decade. As the World’s AIDS Day was celebrated on December 1, fundamental rights of people living with HIV and their access to medicines remain a challenge for Nepal towards meeting UNAIDS’ vision: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths. With the slogan of Stop AIDS: Keep the Promises, Universal Access and Human Rights, the World AIDS day has celebrated in Nepal.
By By KESHAB POUDEL and YOGESH GYAWALI in Kathmandu and Umid Bagchand and Sita Mademba reporting from Dhangadhi and Dharan

http://spotlightnepal.com/sln/Others.aspx?ArticleID=532

Saturday, December 4, 2010