Nepal
18 September 2007
The Maoist faction left the coalition government.
16 September 2007
Rival ethnic factions clashed in the south after a local politician, a known royalist, was shot dead.
14 September 2007
Five thousand Maoist soldiers left their camps to protest wages lower than those paid to soldiers in the Nepali army.
9 September 2007
Bombs exploded in Kathmandu for the first time since the August 2006 peace agreement.
24 June 2007
The interim government agreed to hold elections for the constituent assembly on 22 November.
14 June 2007
UNMIN began the second phase of registering and verifying former Maoist combatants and their weapons.
12 April 2007
UNMIN completed registering and storing the weapons of the Nepalese army.
1 April 2007
An interim government was established consisting of eight political parties, including the Maoists.
7 March 2007
UNMIN completed registering and storing the weapons of Maoist forces.
23 January 2007
The Security Council passed resolution 1740, establishing the UN Mission in Nepal for an initial period of 12 months (UNMIN).
