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Maoists start to hand over weapons in NepalWednesday - 17th January 2007 |
| KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's Maoist forces began putting their weapons under United Nations supervision, a key part of a peace deal in the Himalayan country, a Maoist leader said. ADVERTISEMENT "(The) UN and our team has begun the verification process of our People's Liberation Army and their weapons," said Samthing Buddha, a Maoist division commander from Chitwan, where registration began Wednesday at midday. The former rebels will hand over their weapons for UN inspection and recording, and then each Maoist will place his weapon in a container in a UN enclosure, an official from the world body said. "It is not surrender of weapons -- it's the Maoists storing the weapons in UN containers," the UN official said. The Maoists at the camp some 200 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of Kathmandu have not allowed the media to observe the handover. |
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