New York: The United Nations would play its part to ensure that Maoists, army personnel and weapons are contained to the agreed cantonments during the election campaign for the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls slated for April 10 in Nepal, a top UN official has said.

The Secretary-General's Special Representative and the head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Ian Martin met with the country's election commissioners to discuss the effective monitoring of the cantonments through the Joint Monitoring and Coordination Committee.

Martin reportedly told the commissioners that it was a breach of the agreement on the monitoring of the management of arms and armies for personnel or weapons from Maoist to be present at meetings outside the cantonments.

Special security arrangements for the Maoist leadership were agreed upon in a signed understanding between the Government and the Maoists, according to the UN.

Nepalese voters go to the polls on April 10 to elect members of the CA, which will be tasked with drafting a new constitution for the country.

The polls are part of a democratisation process following the end of the decade-long civil war, which claimed an estimated 13,000 lives until the Government and the Maoists signed a peace accord in 2006.
Source : PTI