Revisiting The Nepalese Peace Process

Birendra Prasad Mishra, Ph.D, was the coordinator for the National Peace Monitoring Committee for Ceasefire Code of Conduct from July 2006 to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord by the Maoists and the Prime Minister in November 2006.A retired professor of philosophy, Mishra is an election expert. He oversaw two parliamentary elections and one local bodies election as an Election Commissioner from 1994 to 2000. He was aslo an international observer for parliamentary elections in India, Pakistan, the UK, and the Australian Referendum of 1999. He is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines on electoral and contemporary issues. He has authored four books, the latest being " Rebuiliding Nepal".