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A seven-member delegation led by Mr. Suman Timsina visited the Capitol Hill to follow-up and brief the Senators and Congressmen on the current situation in Nepal and to discuss strategies and ways to lead Nepal out of the crisis. (details)

April 18, 2005. Suspending military aid for the present is critical if Nepal is to be kept from becoming a failed state and terrorist haven, Nepal’s former ambassador writes to George Bush.

22 April 2004
Humanitarian and human rights action was desperately needed in Nepal to prevent further deterioration of an internally displaced persons (IDPs) situation that was in a “pre-crisis stage”, the Special Adviser of the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Internal Displacement told correspondents at Headquarters today.

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In April 18th U.S. Senate discussion of a Supplemental Appropriations Bill, a resolution about Nepal’s political detainees proposed by U.S. Senator Leahy was agreed to.

UPI, April 18, 2005 KATMANDU, Nepal — A senior U.N. official investigating internal refugees in Nepal has called for preventative action to avoid a humanitarian crisis in the country. Dennis McNamara, advisor to the United Nations’ chief of humanitarian affairs, specializes in internally displaced people who [...]

A CALL FOR A DEMOCRATIC MIDDLE GROUND:
“The North American Nepali diaspora played a symbolic yet sincere role in the successful restoration of democracy in Nepal in 1990,” writes a group of U.S.-based Nepalis. Now the call of our time, they say, is to work towards the middle ground. This paper emerges, according to its writers, [...]

In addition to insn.org and nepaldemocracy.net, here are a couple of good sites on the current situation:
Liberal Democracy Nepal — This site is dedicated to disseminating and discussing the full range of issues and ideas germane to the ideal of creating liberal democracy in Nepal. Created mostly by Nepali scholars in the U.S.
FreeNepal.org — offers [...]

The Nepal Development Initiative (NDI) in Nepal is seeking help with financial and technical support to help remote areas, their peoples, and to establish peace in Nepal through youth empowerment, education of children and women, water and sanitation, environmental protection, conflict resolution and peace building, preserving the human rights-promoting media, and infrastructure development. Specifically it [...]