क्रान्तीकारी नेपाल

Press Release
December 10, 2006

Resolution for a Democratic Republic in Nepal

A meeting of Nepalis and friends of Nepal called by
the Canadian Network for Democratic Nepal (CNDN) in
Vancouver, BC, Canada, on December 10, 2006
unanimously adopted the following resolution:

This meeting hails the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,
2006 signed between Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
and the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) led government to
end the civil war, establish a democratic government,
and elect a constituent assembly. This agreement is
truly historic not only in the context of the specific
history of Nepal but also in the global history of
peoples’ struggle for democracy and freedom.

We congratulate the people of Nepal whose suffering
and struggle has produced this victory and we
congratulate all the parties in this agreement for
their wisdom in bowing to the wishes of the people for
peace, liberty, democracy, human rights, social
justice, and prosperity.

The agreement is a document of the noblest aspirations
of the Nepali people, and indeed, it could be the
expression of the highest desire for social justice
and political liberty by any people on earth. It holds
the promise of a peaceful, prosperous and modern Nepal
governed by the democratically expressed will of the
people, in which people fully enjoy human rights and
civil liberties, and in which the rights of women,
marginalized communities, and other oppressed people
are maintained with particular care. We wish the
people of Nepal success in achieving the goals set
down in the document.

There are always many forces, both internal and
external, working against the aspirations of a people
for liberty, equality, and social justice because the
forces that wish to maintain the existing hierarchies
of power are very strong. To bring to fruition the
aspirations expressed in the agreement will require a
great deal of vigilance and determination from the
Nepali people. Nepalis living in the diaspora and the
friends of Nepali people must stand with the people of
Nepal in making sure that the hope that they have
achieved, after many years of struggle and thousands
of lost lives, is not betrayed.

We pledge our support to the people of Nepal in their
effort to build a democratic republic that is modern,
peaceful, prosperous, representative and just.