Topic: B. Lynn Pascoe

UN 'not abandoning Nepal' despite peace mission's end

The United Nations is not "abandoning" Nepal even though its peace mission in the Himalayan country is slated to come to an end in January, a top UN official said Saturday.The United Nations has set January 15 as the departure date ...
B. Lynn Pascoe, UN under- secretary-general for political affairs, will visit Nepal on Dec. 2-4 as the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) prepares to withdraw from the Asian country in January, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said here on Wednesday. "While in Nepal ...

Nepal peace process at 'serious point': UN

Nepal's peace process is at a "B. Lynn Pascoe said he was concerned that the peace process had stalled, three and a half years after the decade-long conflict between Maoist guerrillas and the state came to a close."I'm here ...
UN political chief will head to Sri Lanka to press for release of detained TamilsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending the U.N. political chief to Sri Lanka to press the government to step up the release of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians ...
UN says little progress made in cementing Gaza cease-fire and opening border crossingsThe U.N.'s political chief says he is worried that very little progress has been made in cementing a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and opening border crossings to ...