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.........u Govt : Countdown? Focus: CNFN and Child Rights IMMIGRATION: ShaHered Dreams IITftlllru:••! Quest for Spanish Food iilt:Jrci ~iltse il oe ~ ft!f. NEPAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. rtru{y a :Nepa{i CJ3ank, SPOTLIGHTNEWSMAGA ZINE Vol.: 03 No.- 19 Feb.l9-2010 (Falgun-07,2066) Cover Photo:Aivaro NEWSNOTES 2 OPINION: Dipak Gyawali 4 PRESIDENT IN INDIA : New Precedent 5 IMMIGRATION: Shattered Dreams 6 ) FORUM: Barry J. Hitchcock 12 GOVERNMENT: Shaky Grounds 7 Climate Negotiations: Frozen Path 14 ENCOUNTER: Govinda Raj Joshi 15 ANIMAl: call for Rights 17 PERSPECTIVE: MOHAN DAS MANANDHAR/ ROJAN BAJRACHARYA 18 BOOK: On CITES 19 ON FOCUS: CNFN 20 Restaurant: Quest for Spanish Food 24 Editor and Publisher : Keshab Poudel, Senior Correspondent: Saroj Dahal, Reporter: Pradipti Bhatta, Abijit Sharma, Aditi Pandey Marketing Manager: Madan Raj Poudel, Tel: 9841320517, Photographer: Sandesh Manandhar Guest writer :Alvaro Castrillo Schneiter Cover Design/Layout : Hari Krishna Bastakoti Editorial Office: Tel: 977-1-4430250 E-mail: [email protected], P.O.Box: 7256 Office: Kamal Pokhari, Thir Bom Marg, House No. 559/144 (Opposite to Himal Hospital) Printers : Pioneer Offset Printers (P.) Ltd., Dillibazar, Kathmandu. Ph: 4415687 Kathmandu DAO Regd. No. 148/11/063/64, Postal Regd. No. 07/066/067 US Library of Congress Catalogue No. 91-905060 NEW SPOTLIGHT NEWSMAGAZIN~ Feb. 19, 20101 1 NEWSNOTES Carter's Open Letter to the decided to e\tend financial asststance. People of ~epal in Japan's fY 2009, of SC\ cnty-three Fonner U.S. Prestdcnt Jrmmy Carter thousand. li\ c hundred and eighty-eight in his open letter to the people of Nepal US Dollars ( U~D 71,5X8). equi\ alent to has hoped that the pence prot·css will approx imatclv li vc mi II ion, four hundred be back on track. tw..:lvc thousand, th ree hundred and "I have fo ll owed closely Nepa l's ninety seven Nepa li Rupees (NPR progress over the last several years, and 5.4 12.397). to Sam<~ Sewa Sudhar Yuwa I commend you f'or your continued Sangh (Committee for Helping the dedication to sustainable peace and Oi:::.ablc<.l) l'br the i mplementauon of' the Better 1\epai-Pak Ties Ahead: inclusi\e democraC)." he satd. ProJect I'm the Construction of a Em·o) "Based on reports Irom ( arter Center Rehabtlttation School for People \\ tth lntellectual Disabilities and other SeH:re \mbassador of Pak i!>tan to '\Jcpal ohseners throughout Nepal, my Di:sabiltttcs tn l\lechrnagar Sub Svcd Abrar llussain ha~ expressed his colleagues and I arc concerned by the Munictpa li ty. Thi!. linancwl assistance conlidcncc that Pakistan-Nepal n.:lntions current political deadlock and th..: slow is extended under the Grant Assistance will continue to grow stronger to the progress in mov ing the peace process for Umssrootl' I Iuman Security Projects mutual bcncl'i ts o f our tWO peoples. forward. However. J am ..:ncoumged by (GUP) ~c hcmc of' the Government of "System change and governments eome recent error!~ to promote dialogue Japan. and go but Pakistan-'\Jepal Fri~.:ndship among polit ical leaders. including the \\ill al\\ ays flourish." said ambassador J ligh I e\el Po li tical Mechanism. and llussam. hope that these wlks \\ill get the process • Addr~.:sstng a gathering of hack on tracl.." he added journalists, tntellectuals and oth~.:rs at .Japan's Food Aid th~o: I mhassy premises to obsen c the I' he GO\ ernmcnt ol .Iapan ha:-. agreed 1<-ashmir Sol idarity Day on"'" F~.:hruary, to e\lend a (Jrant ;\ssistancc of' si\ ambassador llussain strcsscd that hundred and eight y million yen _ Pakistan wa nts to maintain the r~.:giona l (YMHl.OOO,OOO). equr vu lcnt to Fiv..: pl.!tlt.:l.!. hundred Sixty-six mi ll ion, 11nu r hundred "l'hc Indian offer w hav~o: l'orcign and I orty Lhou:-.and \Jcpalese Rupees ~~.:nctarv l.evel talks as repo'tted by tlw 1\ Rs.566.4-IO.OOO Ill the ( 10\ Cl'l1l1H!nt or IV mcdta ts a \\elcomc deH.:Iopmcnt . Till' 1\cpal lor I nod 1\ td ( KR) 111 the Japan's stgn~:d and C\changcd betwc..:n l'atsuo tntcrnational communtl\ should I tscal 'I car 2001) \11/l l\0. \mbassador of Japan to cncour<ll!t' a proces::. ol pt'aCt' and latsuo MI/Ut-.0 \mhassador of' '\Jcpal. and I>hanna RaJ (,hunirc. President rapprol'lm1cnt, help promote the pcaccfttl Japan to t-.epal, and Ramcshnre Prasad of ~anHt.J \L'\\a Sudhar Ytma Sangh. rcsolutton of dispull:s, and support Khanal. Secretary of thc Mmtstry of' M~:chrnagar nuclcat stahilit.ation and rcstntlll 111 hnnncc have ~ign..:d and exchanged the NIBJ .:s Branch South As 1a. The world must also pay notes on behalf or their respective Nepal In vestment Hank l imitcd attention to the root causes ol Governments (N IB L.) opened its 3(1111 branch in Lazimpnl, tnsecurity and instability in South Asia," Th1s Assistance is prov1ded with the Kathmandu on l·ebruary 15. Along wrth said ambassador Hussam. "In order to basic objective or enabling the lhc branch, whtch \\ill also be the • move forward. I strongly believe that GO\ernmcnt of''lcpal to procure rice and corporate headquarter of' the bank. the Pakrstan and India must conduct their suppl) it to the food deficit dJstncts. The Corporate, the Credit and Admmistrallon rclattons on the basis of so•erctgn epal Food Corporatton ( fC) is to and the I oan and Admtnistration equality, endeavor to settle the Jammu distribute it through its national departments ha\c also been moved and Kashmtr dispute, and build a more distribution network. from Durbarmarg to Lazimpat. !>ecure and prosperous future for thei1 Japan. being a development pat1ner The branch office, with its spacious peopii.)S. I r we are able to resol vc the to Nepa l, has been providing f-ood Aid size provides deposit and credit facility, Kashmir issues th rough dialogue, we to Nepal for the last several years. Food foreign exchange, retail banking, import, 'will strengthen our peoples' belief in Aid is one of the oldest schemes of the export. letters or credit, guarantees and democracy." Government or Japan, and, as or Japan's remittances, locker facility, 365 days Pakistani ambassador Hussain said. Fiscal Year 2009, the Government of service, ATM facility, multiple teller "rhrs year we arc celebrating Golden Japan has extended cumulmi•ely Food counters, among other updated banking Jubilee of our diplomatic relatiOns that Aid to Nepal. worth 8.94 billion services. The La7impat branch \\ill be were established in March 1960. We plan Japanese Yen. linked through ARBS (Any Branch to organi7e a number of events to mark Japanese Assistance Banking Service) to all other 35 this occasion." The Government of Japan has branches around the country. NEW SPOTLIGHT NEWSMAGAZIN~ Feb. 19, 20101 2 NEWSNOTES The newly opened branch is in tunc present at this event. '' ith the Bank's pol icy to expand Its A Cultural troupe v.. as flown to Home Minister Clarifed hranch network and provide exceptional Kathmandu from Sn Lanka with the On The Jamim Shah l\lurder Case hank1ng services within all major courtesy ofV1inistry or Cultural Affairs !lome Mmistcr Bhim Rawal appeared before the State t\ ffatrs Committee of the pockets of the country, both inside and & National Heritage to perform at this legtslalurc parllamcnt to answer the queries nutside the Kathmandu valley. In the event. Distinguished guests were able over the murder or media magnate .Jamim coming days, the bank plans to extend to get a glimpse of traditiona I Sri Lankan Shah and the conce rn s over poor security its access through wider dcmogrnphy, dances that added color to the function. situation in the country. whercbyavailingthebanking Jl1ci lity for all. On the 5°' of February 20 I 0. Sri Lanka The commillcc members cri ticized the Sri Lanka Celebrates National Embassy in Kathmandu also organized govc1nmcnt. the !lome Minis ter in partil;ular. O\er the failure of policc a Sri Lankan Trad1t10nal Dance Day ttuthortties to avert the murder of u Performance l·mhassy ofSri Lanka 111 Kathmandu at the Russwn Cultural pron11nent figure like Shah in broad celebrated Sri Lanka's 6200 1\allonalDay Centre. Th1s public performance. da) hghttn one of the high securit) areas ol opened for all. sa\\ a larger the capital. 111 Nqnll on 4 h February 20 I 0. A flag gathcrmg of On the qucslion as to \\ hy the Jw1-.t111g ceremony was conducted at the Nepa lese who witnessed the C\ cnl. Embassy Premises with the pat1H.:ipation J>rogram For Youth or the Sri Lankan community 111 Nepal The British Cou ncil and the llllth.:r the guidance of H.E. Thosupnla Assoc iation of You th Organisations in llewage, Ambassador of ~ri La nl-.a in Nepal (AVON) prov1ded certi fit:utcs to Nepal. tht: 200 young Active C IIL..:cns at an A religwus program of al l bell e\ ers award ceremony rcccntl}. The 200 young people from Bhaktapur ''ere chosen as A ell\ e ( iti,rens Ill December 2009. rhey authoritil'S \\ere unable 10 track do\\ n the received tra1n111gs developed by British murdcrc1 s of Shah, llomc l'v1in1s1cr R;m al ( 'ouncil and AYON 1n January 20 I 0. The said thc govett ttnenl wou ld lcaye no slone training was f"ocused on arcus like t111ltu·ne< l to pruhl." the murder ;md bri ttg the ki llers Ill justicl'. leadership, commu ni et~ tion . udvocacy. Ill' ;d!.o datmed that police e iti,r c n ~ h i p; voluntcenng, social adion investigators wcre 'very close' to thosc project del1very f'und-rais 1ng.