Proceedings of the Liberal Democracy Nepal (LDN) Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Nepali Political Parties; October 20-24, 2005; Washington DC, USA

Abstract

A workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Nepali Political Parties was conducted in Washington, D.C. by Liberal Democracy Nepal (LDN) on October 22-23, 2005.

The workshop was attended by the representatives of six political parties: Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal UML, Nepali Congress–Democratic, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Jana Morcha Nepal, Nepal Sadbhavana Party (A). In addition to the delegates of the six political parties, prominent Nepali human rights activist was also in attendance.

The Workshop consisted of four moderated thematic sessions as described in the summary. The Nepali delegates, LDN moderators and participants, deliberated in depth several aspects of these themes that included restructuring of the state, social justice, and inclusive party polity and a negotiated settlement.