Common Appeal 2007

Nepal Common Appeal for Transition Support 2007

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After ten years of insurgency and counterinsurgency that cost an estimated 13,000 lives and inflicted considerable physical, psychological, social and economic damage, Nepal has a promising opportunity to achieve lasting peace and address the underlying causes of the conflict. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) on 21 November 2006 is the culmination of a year-long process of negotiation between the two sides and a result of the successful People’s Movement that brought King Gyanendra’s 14 months of direct rule to an end in April 2006.

The Nepal Government has requested international assistance in several areas to address the unique demands of this transitional context. These include direct support to the peace process through mechanisms such as the newly established ‘Nepal Peace Fund’, a likely UN Trust Fund for Nepal to support complementary activities of the UN system in support of the peace process, and critical humanitarian and protection issues, which are the subject of this Common Appeal for Transition Support. To address longer-term development needs the Nepal government is planning to host a Nepal Development Forum (NDF) later in 2007.

This Common Appeal for Transition Support outlines a framework for short-term response activities sensitive to the unique needs of Nepal’s current transition. The Appeal has been developed in close consultation with the government, as well as with the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), which is responsible for coordinating support to the peace process. The Appeal focuses on issues of particular importance in the short term, including food security, health, displacement, disaster preparedness, and protection. Although it does not encompass activities expressly designed as peace support, many of the projects detailed below bear on the peace process in various ways and have been designed to be responsive to that context.

A set of principally humanitarian and protection sector strategies and projects are presented here, for a total of US$60.6 million across the following domains: Emergency Food Security and Malnutrition; Protection; Children Affected by Armed Conflict; Mine Action; Health; IDPs; Refugees; Natural Disasters; and Coordination.