Nepal seeks UN peace monitoring help

New York, Nov 28 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to support Nepal's request for UN assistance in its peace process, a spokesman for the world body said.

In a letter to the President of the Security Council, the UN Chief noted the world body ''has been requested to monitor the arrangements of arms and armed personnel by providing qualified monitors, supported by appropriate technical capacity'', spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here yesterday.

Assistance is also being sought in several other areas in the peace process to create an atmosphere conducive to free and fair elections for the Constituent Assembly, Mr Dujarric quoted the letter as saying.

Mr Annan voiced his ''strong belief that the UN should respond positively, and outlines three immediate steps with which he intends to proceed,'' Mr Dujarric said.

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