Nepal
mid-February 2008
The Madhesi groups call a 16-day strike in the Terai region.
mid-January 2008
Student activists stage a 2-day protest against rise in fuel prices resulting in a withdrawal of the increase.
10 December 2007
A Madhesi minister and three deputies resigned over the government’s failure to stop violence in the south.
6 December 2007
An EU delegation stressed the importance of constituent assembly elections to the success of the peace process and the need for peace to be accompanied by economic development.
9 October 2007
Council President, Ambassador Leslie K. Christian of Ghana, expressed disappointment at the delay of the elections.
5 October 2007
Constituent assembly elections, set for 22 November, were deferred for an indefinite period
Early October
General strikes were called by various ethnic rights groups crippling economic activity in southeastern Nepal, and curfews were imposed.
26 September 2007
The Nepali Congress party passed a resolution calling on the special assembly to be elected in November to order the king to give up his throne.
