I januar i år blev der indgået en våbenhvile, som ophørte i august, men så blev forhandlingerne omgående afbrudt.
Democracy must be extended, reforms acceptable to people at the grass roots must be implemented, and minorities must be treated with respect, particularly the Bhutanese refugees in the camps that Parliament’ s delegation to SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) visited, the funding of which by the UNHCR is evidently no longer certain.