Annan writes to UNSC to assist in Nepal's peace process

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has written a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) president with regard A press release issued by the UN information centre in Kathmandu said the Secretary General noted that the United Nations has been requested to monitor the arrangements of arms and armed personnel by providing qualified monitors supported by appropriate technical capacity.
“Assistance is also being sought in a variety of areas in the peace process with a view to creating an atmosphere conducive to free and fair elections for the Constituent Assembly,” the Secretary General wrote.
The Secretary-General added that it is his strong belief that the UN should respond positively, and outlines three immediate steps with which he intends to proceed, the statement added.
Sources said Annan has asked the UNSC president for a mandate to "immediately" deploy 60 personnel in Nepal to monitor the peace process. Other necessary deployment will be carried out on the basis of the field report from Nepal, informed sources said.
The UNSC is likely to hold an informal meeting anytime this week on the Nepal issue, said the source.
Annan's personal representative to assist Nepal peace process Ian Martin is in New York to brief the Secretary General about the ongoing peace process in Nepal. to the peace process in Nepal for immediate assistance on it.