6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Join Ian Martin, former UN envoy to Nepal, as he discusses the fragile peace process in that country. The peace process has been hailed as an unusual success story for being achieved by Nepali actors rather than the international community. But with the deadline for agreement on a new constitution fast approaching and the Maoist army still in cantonments, divisions among political parties threaten its successful completion. Is the process failing?

Ian Martin is former special representative of the secretary-general and was head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal until February 2009, having served there since May 2005, first as representative of the high commissioner for human rights and then as personal representative of the secretary-general for support to the peace process. Additional remarks will be made by New School professor Andrew Arato and Deepak Thapa from the Social Science Baha in Nepal.

Watch the question and answer session .

Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, 7th floor

Admission:
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

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