RULING MAOISTS FOR ELECTIONS NOT WARFARE SAYS PRACHANDA Kathmandu, 3 Feb.: A closed door session of the UCPN Maoist begins in Hetauda on the second day Sunday of its seventh general convention that got underway in the industrial town Saturday. A political report prepared by Chairman Prachanda for adoption determining the party’s future policies and programmes after joining the political mainstream will be discussed. Top leaders said the party won’t return to the jungle. “Its an insult of the Nepalis and martyrs to again talk of prolonged war and guerrilla warfare. A federal democratic republic should be established peacefully through another election of the constituent assembly,” the Maoist chiefs told delegates at the convention. Prachanda said this even as CPN Maoist, the party’s splinter group, called for urban warfare in another general convention. Nnnn a COMMITTEE TO HELP CHAIRMAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS Kathmandu, 3 Feb.: Joint secretary Prakash Mathema, chief of the climate division at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, will head a committee to assist the chair of he Least Developed Counties (LDCs) discussing challenges at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on climate talks Batu Upreti, Padam Hamal and Thakur Devkota, representative of civil society Manjit Dhakal and a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are its as members. There are 48 lDCs. Nepal is the current chairman of the LDCs in the UNFCCC. nnnn