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February
2005: Swiss Agency for Development has suspended its projects in Nepal |
The
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), which has been working
in Nepal for more than five decades, has suspended its projects. Reports
quoting the SDC Country Director in Nepal, said that they had trouble with
the Maoists for the last eight months, as they (insurgents) had been demanding
the SDC to contribute financially or register with the outfit and added,
"These go against our basic guiding principles. When we face such impossible
demands, we just have to stop."
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Annapurna
Conservation Area Project (ACAP) targeted by Maoists |
In
2001, when the emergency was declared, NGOs were targeted but all of ACAP's
offices were operational until September this year. After the peace talks
broke down in August 2003, the Maoists came to Ghandruk and destroyed the
ACAP office, telling staff not to return. ACAP had to close all our offices
in the southern belt. |
